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puritanic, a.|pjʊərɪˈtænɪk|
[f. puritan + -ic; after Satanic, etc.]
Of or pertaining to the Puritans, = puritan a. (now rare); having the character or manner of a puritan; = next.
1606Chapman M. D'Olive Plays 1873 I. 214 That nose of his (according to the Puritannick cut) hauing a narrow bridge. 1782W. Mason Eng. Gard. iv. 34/622 Too dark a stole Was o'er Religion's decent features drawn By Puritanic zeal. 1794Mass. Mag. (U.S.) May 288 When those venerable puritanic sages landed at Plymouth. 1828D'Israeli Chas. I, I. iii. 35 The puritanic party..starting up among all ranks of society. 1830Foster in Life & Corr. (1846) II. 157 A puritanic simplicity and unworldliness. 1882Spurgeon Treas. Dav. Ps. xv. 5 The Puritanic divines are almost all of them against the taking of any interest upon money. |