Definitionadj. of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism
Last update: February 1, 2017
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In the period of national poverty and depression that followed this event, a puritanical spirit came into vogue which was little in sympathy with Holberg's dramatic or satiric genius. [Please select]
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And this was in Puritanical Boston, in the year of the hundredth anniversary of the landing of the Mayflower. [Please select]
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Cooke hung beside the ruler whom he opposed, sturdy and somewhat puritanical, as befitted a popular leader. [Please select]
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He had a dignity which made his Puritanical plainness more patrician than Rochester's finery, more impressive than Buckingham's graceful splendour. [Please select]
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The atmosphere of the town in which he went to school was strictly Puritanical, and the townspeople much given to religious discussion. [Please select]
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It's worse even than our old Harvard quarters, and those were puritanical enough. [Please select]
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And Kitty must have done something to bring down upon her the wrath of the Puritanical mistress of the house. [Please select]
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Nevertheless, Cæsar's principles grew more and more puritanical year by year. [Please select]
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He was evidently somewhat narrow and puritanical, but already had offered to assist him with any of his studies should he need help. [Please select]
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"Well, it belongs to me, I reckon, and confound your silly puritanical fancies, I'll leave it where I please," retorted Fletcher, and strode from the room.' [Please select]
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