puritanic

American  

[pyoor-i-tan-ik] / ˌpyʊər ɪˈtæn ɪk /

adjective

1. relating to or characteristic of the Puritans or their beliefs and practices.

2. very strict or obsessive about moral and religious matters; straitlaced; puritanical.

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Example Sentences

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 lived in almost puritanic simplicity with his mother, enjoyed the fleshpots of Brazil and Europe with his father.

From Time Magazine Archive

And deep in his hell sang the Devil, and this was the strain of his song: "The ancient, outworn, puritanic traditions of Right and Wrong."

From Songs of a Sourdough by Service, Robert W. (Robert William)

It had still essentially the rôle which belonged to it in a puritanic, hardworking society.

From Psychology and Social Sanity by Münsterberg, Hugo

But though his temper was puritanic and inclined to moroseness, there was no sourness or cynicism in it.

From An Estimate of the Value and Influence of Works of Fiction in Modern Times by Scott, Fred Newton