A day of fasting is not for me just a puritanical device for denying oneself a pleasure, but rather a way of anticipating a rare moment of supreme indulgence.
The hue of her dress was black too; but its fashion was so different from her sister’s—so much more flowing and becoming—it looked as stylish as the other’s looked puritanical.
As elections loom in Egypt, puritanical Salafist parties, which believe women should wear full veils and stay at home, have found unusual ways of abiding by a law requiring them to field female candidates.
There's also this sort of, um, morality side to things that definitely exists in the us like are sort of just very reflexive. Puritanical instincts to say, like, well, doing drugs is bad.