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Definitions of puritanical in various dictionaries:
adj - of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism
adj - exaggeratedly proper
adj - morally rigorous and strict
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having or displaying a very strict or censorious moral attitude towards self-indulgence or sex. |
Rigorous in religious observance marked by stern morality. |
Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Puritans. |
believing or involving the belief that it is important to work hard and control yourself, and that pleasure is wrong or unnecessary: |
having standards of moral behavior that forbid many pleasures: |
of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism |
morally rigorous and strict |
exaggeratedly proper |
Puritanical might refer to |
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The Puritans were English Reformed Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to "purify" the Church of England from its "Catholic" practices, maintaining that the Church of England was only partially reformed. Puritanism played a significant role in English history, especially during The Protectorate. * The Puritans were in alliance with the growing commercial world, the parliamentary opposition to the royal prerogative, and the Scottish Presbyterians in the late 1630s with whom they had much in common. Consequently, they became a major political force in England and came to power as a result of the First English Civil War (164246). Almost all Puritan clergy left the Church of England after the Restoration of 1660 and the 1662 Uniformity Act, with many continuing to practice their faith in nonconformist denominations, especially in Congregationalist and Presbyterian churches. The nature of the movement in England changed radically, although it retained its character for a muc |