meaning of puritanical

1. Of or pertaining to the Puritans, or to their doctrines and practice.
2.
Precise in observance of legal or religious requirements; strict; overscrupulous; rigid; -- often used by way of reproach or contempt.
3.
morally rigorous and strict; "blue laws"; "the puritan work ethic"; "puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was anything but puritanical in her ">behavior"


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