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pu⋅ri⋅tan⋅i⋅cal

  [pyoor-i-tan-i-kuhl]
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–adjective
1. very strict in moral or religious matters, often excessively so; rigidly austere.
2. (sometimes initial capital letter) of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Puritans or Puritanism.
Also, pu⋅ri⋅tan⋅ic.

Origin:
1600–10; Puritan + -ical

Related forms:
pu⋅ri⋅tan⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
pu⋅ri⋅tan⋅i⋅cal⋅ness, noun
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