purItanIcal, purItanIc

[English puritan; -ical, -ic.] 1. Pertaining to the Puritans or their doctrines or practice. 2. Precise in religious matters; over-scrupulous or exact; rigid. "These precise puritanical angels."-Prynne: 1 Histrio Mastix, viii. 6. pür-I-tăn-Ic-al-ly, adv . [English puritanical ; ly .) In a puritanical manner; with exce ive exactne or precisene ; according to the teachings or practice of the Puritans. "Puritanically educated under the tuition of Sam. Rad. cliff."-Wood: Fasti Oxon ., vol. i.