Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #10680 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

siluesterSylvester

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

Puritas changed it: 230 times in 70 works
Consistency: 99.5% (230 of 231)
Reach if approved: ~243 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: silvester
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 231 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (230 changes in 70 works, 99.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 230)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… forth. Moreouer I wiſh them in Platina. to conſider the lyues of Iohn the. 8. SilueſterSylvester, Bennet the. 8. with many others. Alſo in Sabellicus, in hys. 9. Eneide and firſt and …
With rule
… forth. Moreouer I wiſh them in Platina. to conſider the lyues of Iohn the. 8. SilueſterSylvester, Bennet the. 8. with many others. Alſo in Sabellicus, in hys. 9. Eneide and firſt and …
Pierre Viret · Christian Instruction and Sum of Doctrine Part 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… SiluesterSylvester Bishop of Rome, when hee was baptised, pag. 453. Whereas it is certaine, that SiluesterSylvester was dead long before Constantine was christened, consul. Iuell. ibid.
With rule
… SiluesterSylvester Bishop of Rome, when hee was baptised, pag. 453. Whereas it is certaine, that SiluesterSylvester was dead long before Constantine was christened, consul. Iuell. ibid.
Andrew Willet · The Four Principal Pillars of Papistry · p. 45 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Churche, and the other halfe at ſainct Paules Church: And they ſaye, that ſainct SilueſterSylvester did parte them, for to diſtribute them in ſuch equall porcions.
With rule
… Churche, and the other halfe at ſainct Paules Church: And they ſaye, that ſainct SilueſterSylvester did parte them, for to diſtribute them in ſuch equall porcions.
John Calvin · Of Relics · Open in the reader
Printed
SiluesterSylvester a Friar.
With rule
SiluesterSylvester a Friar.
Arthur Dent · The Ruin of Rome · p. 138 · Open in the reader
Printed
… brought with him a piece of the Oke of our Ladie. Whereupon, one Sir SilueſterSylvester Dennys, who came to ſee her, took the ſaid piece, and made the Patient …
With rule
… brought with him a piece of the Oke of our Ladie. Whereupon, one Sir SilueſterSylvester Dennys, who came to ſee her, took the ſaid piece, and made the Patient …
John Gee · The Foot out of the Snare · p. 59 · Open in the reader
Printed
… William Neel, Doctor Cacalla, Auguſtine friers; Ioannes Mollius a gray frier; Ierome Savonarola, Dominicus, SilueſterSylvester, &c. All of them being Fryers and Monks, yet Martyrs of Ieſus, faithfullie witneſſing …
With rule
… William Neel, Doctor Cacalla, Auguſtine friers; Ioannes Mollius a gray frier; Ierome Savonarola, Dominicus, SilueſterSylvester, &c. All of them being Fryers and Monks, yet Martyrs of Ieſus, faithfullie witneſſing …
Francis Johnson · Answer to Mr Jacobs Defense of the Churches and Ministry of England · p. 79 · Open in the reader
Printed
… expound the ſitting in thrones of the Popes dignity, in the dayes of Pope SilueſterSylvester, ann. 315. to whom Conſtantine the Great gaue the iudgement, when he ſet him vp …
With rule
… expound the ſitting in thrones of the Popes dignity, in the dayes of Pope SilueſterSylvester, ann. 315. to whom Conſtantine the Great gaue the iudgement, when he ſet him vp …
John Mayer · Exposition on the Catholic Epistles · p. 508 · Open in the reader
Printed
… eſpeciallie aduanced vnto, and kept in that dignity, by their concubines and harlots; for SilueſterSylvester the ſecond, and a number of his ſucceſſours, who were promoted by Nicromancy and …
With rule
… eſpeciallie aduanced vnto, and kept in that dignity, by their concubines and harlots; for SilueſterSylvester the ſecond, and a number of his ſucceſſours, who were promoted by Nicromancy and …
Thomas Sparke · Answer to John De Albines · p. 20 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.