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Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #10647 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ioanJohn

Proper names whose form changes beyond mechanical spelling: Ionas → Jonah. Approve one at a time.

Puritas changed it
730 times in 143 works
Consistency
98.7% (730 of 739)
Reach if approved
~776 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: joan
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
739 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (730 changes in 143 works, 98.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 730)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … mercy, they are all pardonable, except that sinne vnto death, whereof S. Iohn speaketh. 1. IoanJohn. 5. But to returne to M. Allens shift, and to examine whether it will satisfie …
    With rule
    … mercy, they are all pardonable, except that sinne vnto death, whereof S. Iohn speaketh. 1. IoanJohn. 5. But to returne to M. Allens shift, and to examine whether it will satisfie …

    William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 127 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    IoanJohn.
    With rule
    IoanJohn.

    John Bale · A Dialogue to be had at Table Between Two Children · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … ſhamefully died in trauel going on preceſſion, ſhal in the end againe be harlot IoanJohn: Sergius ſhal be Os Porci, hogs-mouth. Iulius the ſecond ſhal be Iulian agiane …
    With rule
    … ſhamefully died in trauel going on preceſſion, ſhal in the end againe be harlot IoanJohn: Sergius ſhal be Os Porci, hogs-mouth. Iulius the ſecond ſhal be Iulian agiane …

    Laurence Humphrey · A View of the Romish Hydra · p. 145 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … counted gilty of sacrilege. In the yeare of our Lorde. &c. 887. Quest. 17. cap. 4. Siquis. IoanJohn. Laziard.
    With rule
    … counted gilty of sacrilege. In the yeare of our Lorde. &c. 887. Quest. 17. cap. 4. Siquis. IoanJohn. Laziard.

    Thomas Becon · The Relics of Rome · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    Gerſon, tract. contra aſſertiones Mag. IoanJohn. parui. The ſacred Scripture doth expound her rules by themſelues, according to the diuers …
    With rule
    Gerſon, tract. contra aſſertiones Mag. IoanJohn. parui. The ſacred Scripture doth expound her rules by themſelues, according to the diuers …

    Richard Bernard · Reims Against Rome · p. 42 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … things which are without vs, thereby to neglect our inward deformities, Bucer. Epist. ad IoanJohn. Alaſco. After at the ende of that Epiſtle, This coulorable craft of Satan muſt …
    With rule
    … things which are without vs, thereby to neglect our inward deformities, Bucer. Epist. ad IoanJohn. Alaſco. After at the ende of that Epiſtle, This coulorable craft of Satan muſt …

    John Sprint · Showing the Necessity of Conformity · p. 171 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … of Chriſt. Genebrard a Papiſt ſaies, that for the ſpace almoſte of 150. yeares, from IoanJohn the 8. who died 884. anno, after Genebrards account: vnto Leo the 9. anno 1048. about a fifty …
    With rule
    … of Chriſt. Genebrard a Papiſt ſaies, that for the ſpace almoſte of 150. yeares, from IoanJohn the 8. who died 884. anno, after Genebrards account: vnto Leo the 9. anno 1048. about a fifty …

    John Welch · Reply Against Gilbert Brown · p. 306 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    IoanJohn. Cochlaeus, and IoanJohn. Lorinus, Iesuita.
    With rule
    IoanJohn. Cochlaeus, and IoanJohn. Lorinus, Iesuita.

    Daniel Featley · The Grand Sacrilege of the Church of Rome · p. 216 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 6 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Pageant of Popes A02895

  • Printed
    IOanJohn the eight, being a woman, was made Pope, and because of her bringing vp …
    With rule
    IOanJohn the eight, being a woman, was made Pope, and because of her bringing vp …

    John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · p. 55 · Open in the reader

History of the First Ten Persecutions A13296

  • Printed
    … this, that shee dryed the feete of CHRIST with the haire of her head, (IOANJOHN. CAP. 12. vers. 3.) And all the glorie of the worlde, yea, and the crownes of …
    With rule
    … this, that shee dryed the feete of CHRIST with the haire of her head, (IOANJOHN. CAP. 12. vers. 3.) And all the glorie of the worlde, yea, and the crownes of …

    Patrick Simson · History of the First Ten Persecutions · p. 223 · Open in the reader

The Holy State A40674

  • Printed
    IOanJohn of Arc was born in a village called Domrenny upon the Marches of Bar …
    With rule
    IOanJohn of Arc was born in a village called Domrenny upon the Marches of Bar …

    Thomas Fuller · The Holy State · p. 372 · Open in the reader