puritanic
Americanadjective
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relating to or characteristic of the Puritans or their beliefs and practices.
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very strict or obsessive about moral and religious matters; straitlaced; puritanical.
Example Sentences
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He lived in almost puritanic simplicity with his mother, enjoyed the fleshpots of Brazil and Europe with his father.
From Time Magazine Archive
Eldest son of a poor Idaho farmer and his puritanic wife, Vridar grew up in a shack where food was scarce, comfort unheard-of, with no companions but his younger brother and sister.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was puritanic in moral principle, loyal to his friends, and a despiser of cant and formalism.
From Socialism and Democracy in Europe by Orth, Samuel P.
At the end of these preliminary instructions there is a rather diplomatic—to say the least—bit of advice that might perhaps to a puritanic conscience seem more politic than truthful.
From Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages by Walsh, James Joseph
His face was of the serious Dantesque-Florentine type: a puritanic face, with pointed beard and long straight black hair.
From Vestigia Vol. II. by Fleming, George
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