- (a.) Precise in observance of legal or religious requirements; strict; overscrupulous; rigid; -- often used by way of reproach or contempt.
- (a.) Of or pertaining to the Puritans or to their doctrines and practice.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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