Puritanic

Definition of Puritanic

Pu`ri`tan´ic

a.	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. Paritanical circles, from which plays and novels were strictly excluded. - Macaulay. He had all the puritanic traits, both good and evil. - Hawthorne.

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