Strict or scrupulous in religious observance. Obsolete.

A Puritan of the late 16th and 17th centuries.

That is a puritan.

Of or relating to the Disciplinarians (see sense A. 1).

spec. Of or relating to the Disciplinarians or their aims and beliefs; that is a Disciplinarian. See disciplinarian, n. 1. Obsolete.

Applied mockingly to Puritans or Quakers. Obsolete.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of a puritan, spec. a Puritan of the late 16th and 17th centuries; practising or characterized by strictness or…

Puritanical; (spec. in early use) Presbyterian.

= puritan, adj.

Without a knee or knees: in quot. 1631 (nonce-use) That refuses to kneel.

†(a) Of a person: with ears made prominent as a result of the hair being short and close-cropped (this being a style favoured by Puritan supporters…

puritanical.

= perfectionist, adj. 2. Also occasionally: spec. of or relating to perfectionism (perfectionism, n. 1a).

Zealous, evangelical; extravagantly puritanical or excessively pious.

Designating or relating to the Patarenes or their beliefs.

of the nature of a wowser; puritanical.