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Definition of: puritanical
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r′ə·tan′i·kəl) adjective
Governed by the Puritan code; rigidly scrupulous in religious observance and morals; strict.
—pu′·ri·tan′i·cal·ly adverb
—pu′ri·tan′i·cal·ness noun
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