Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PU-RI-TAN'IC, or PU-RI-TAN'IC-AL
PU-RI-TAN'IC, or PU-RI-TAN'IC-AL, a.
Pertaining to the puritans or their doctrines and practice; exact; rigid; as, puritanical notions or opinions; puritanical manners.
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