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adjectivevery strict in moral or religious matters, often excessively so; rigidly austere. (sometimes initial capital letter) of, relating to, or characteristic of Puritans or Puritanism. Origin of puritanicalFirst recorded in 1600–10; Puritan + -ical OTHER WORDS FROM puritanicalpu·ri·tan·i·cal·ly, adverbpu·ri·tan·i·cal·ness, nounun·pu·ri·tan·ic, adjectiveun·pu·ri·tan·i·cal, adjective un·pu·ri·tan·i·cal·ly, adverb Words nearby puritanicalPurinethol, puriri, purism, Puritan, Puritan ethic, puritanical, Puritanism, Puritans, Puritan spoon, purity, Purkinje cell Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for puritanicalHis distaste derives from a basic confusion in the position of the puritanical prescriptivist. Go Ahead, End With a Preposition: Grammar Rules We All Can Live With|Nick Romeo|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST Pope Paul VI and the Church at that time could be forgiven for puritanical idealism. The Vatican's Same-Sex Synod: The Bishops Hear About Reality. Do They Listen?|Barbie Latza Nadeau|October 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST So, people sped by the models less out of puritanical deference to the naked bodies, but to keep up their steely reputations. Naked on a New York Street—for Art|Emily Shire|September 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST Maybe not such a huge problem for the puritanical but sometime very practical mullahs. As Iran’s Marijuana Trade Thrives, Is It Becoming a Nation of Stoners?|IranWire|August 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Saudi society and government are intricately intertwined with a puritanical flavor of Islam, Wahhabism. Will Saudi Arabia Execute Guest Workers for 'Witchcraft'?|Michael Schulson|March 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST But at the time about which we are writing there was in Boston a distinguished family of puritanical ministers named Mather. Irish Witchcraft and Demonology|St. John D. (St. John Drelincourt) Seymour They are too reserved, too lofty, too puritanical to make provision for the grosser wants of humanity. Fisherman's Luck|Henry van Dyke The case of Udal, a Puritanical clergyman, seems singular even in those arbitrary times. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part D.|David Hume Lynching seems often to be due to puritanical fervor, and is compatible with a type of religiosity. The Soul of John Brown|Stephen Graham His sense of puritanical integrity binds that fine fellow Turgenieff to us.
British Dictionary definitions for puritanicalpuritanicalless commonly puritanic
adjectiveusually derogatory strict in moral or religious outlook, esp in shunning sensual pleasures (sometimes capital) of or relating to a puritan or the Puritans Derived forms of puritanicalpuritanically, adverbpuritanicalness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to puritanicalprudish, rigid, austere, conforming, moral, priggish, prim, prissy, stern, strict, stuffy, abstinent |