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adjective 
  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.
Etymology: Formation from puritan and -ical suffix to produce definition 1.


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