"Puritanize" is a word in ENGLISH

A Puritan or Presbyterian; -- because of rigid adherence to religious or church discipline.

A follower of Wyclif, the first English religious reformer; hence, a Puritan.

An overprecise person; one rigidly or ceremoniously exact in the observance of rules; a formalist; -- formerly applied to the …

To denounce and condemn; to interdict; to prohibit; as, the Puritans proscribed theaters.

Of or pertaining to the Puritans; resembling, or characteristic of, the Puritans.

One who, in the time of Queen Elizabeth and the first two Stuarts, opposed traditional and formal usages, and advocated …

One who is scrupulous and strict in his religious life; -- often used reproachfully or in contempt; one who has …

Alt. of Puritanical

Of or pertaining to the Puritans, or to their doctrines and practice.

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

In a puritanical manner.

The doctrines, notions, or practice of Puritans.

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A nickname for a Puritan. See Roundheads, the, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.

To plant with inhabitants; to colonize; to people; as, the French first settled Canada; the Puritans settled New England; Plymouth …