Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Puritanic \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.

Source : WordNet®

puritanic
     adj : morally rigorous and strict; "blue laws"; "the puritan work
           ethic"; "puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was
           anything but puritanical in her behavior" [syn: {blue(a)},
            {puritan}, {puritanical}]