\Pu`ri*tan"ic\, Puritanical \Pu`ri*tan"ic*al\, 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.