puritanic

[pyoor-i-tan-ik]

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.

Example Sentences

He had not been brought up on puritanic lines.

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Freneau's religious inclinations have been sometimes harshly criticised by those of puritanic creed.

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It was then that America for the first time gave indications of possessing a proud puritanic spirit that would not brook oppression.

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But if, perchance, you smite me on the cheek, I will never turn the other, As I was taught to do By a puritanic mother, Whose theology was blue.

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Generally speaking, although not given to excesses, they show no puritanic disposition about drink and are lavish spenders for luxuries.

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