1. (a.) Of or pertaining to the Puritans, or to their doctrines and practice.

2. (a.) Precise in observance of legal or religious requirements; strict; overscrupulous; rigid; -- often used by way of reproach or contempt.

Albigensian Catharist Franciscan Quakerish Sabbatarian Trappist Victorian Waldensian abstinent anchoritic ascetic austere bigoted censorious choicy choosy conscientious creedbound critical demure discriminating discriminative dogmatic dour eremitic evangelical exacting fastidious firm flagellant fundamentalist hard hidebound hyperorthodox impliable inexorable inflexible iron ironbound ironclad ironhanded literalist literalistic mendicant meticulous mid-Victorian muscle-bound narrow obdurate obstinate old-maidish orthodox overmodest particular perfectionistic picky precise precisianist precisianistic priggish prim procrustean prudish punctilious purist puristic puritan puritanic relentless rigid rigorist rigoristic rigorous rockbound sanctimonious scrupulous selective self-denying sensitive smug staunch stiff stiff-necked straightlaced straitlaced strict stubborn stuffy unbending uncompromising unrelenting unyielding wedded to poverty