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Puritanical Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(a.)
Precise in observance of legal or religious requirements; strict; overscrupulous; rigid; -- often used by way of reproach or contempt.
Precise in observance of legal or religious requirements; strict; overscrupulous; rigid; -- often used by way of reproach or contempt.
(a.)
Of or pertaining to the Puritans, or to their doctrines and practice.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutOf or pertaining to the Puritans, or to their doctrines and practice.
puritanical
adj
1. exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced aunt anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts" [syn: priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, square-toed, straitlaced, straightlaced, tight-laced, victorian]
2. morally rigorous and strict; "blue laws"; "the puritan work ethic"; "puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was anything but puritanical in her behavior" [syn: blue(a) , puritan, puritanic]
Adjective
1. of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism
(pertainym) puritan
2. exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"
(synonym) priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, square-toed, straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian
(similar) proper
3. morally rigorous and strict; "blue laws"; "the puritan work ethic"; "puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was anything but puritanical in her behavior"
(synonym) blue(a), puritan, puritanic
(similar) nonindulgent
Puritanical Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
The Puritans were a significant grouping of English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries, including, but not limited to, English Calvinists. Puritanism in this sense was founded by some Marian exiles from the clergy shortly after the accession of Elizabeth I of England in 1558, as an activist movement within the Church of England. The designation "Puritan" is often incorrectly used, notably based on the assumption that hedonism and puritanism are antonyms. Historically, the word was used pejoratively to characterize the Protestant group as extremists similar to the Cathari of France, and according to Thomas Fuller in his Church History dated back to 1564, Archbishop Matthew Parker of that time used it and "precisian" with the sense of modern "".
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