Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #10733 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

stoicksStoics

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

Puritas changed it: 907 times in 379 works
Consistency: 98.4% (907 of 921)
Reach if approved: ~968 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: stoics
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 921 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (907 changes in 379 works, 98.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 907)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the opinion of ſome Philoſophers. And Euſebius, that it was the Doctrine of the StoicksStoics, amongſt whom the moſt ancient Zeno, Cleanthes, and Chryſippus held, that all viſible things …
With rule
… the opinion of ſome Philoſophers. And Euſebius, that it was the Doctrine of the StoicksStoics, amongſt whom the moſt ancient Zeno, Cleanthes, and Chryſippus held, that all viſible things …
John Mayer · Exposition on the Catholic Epistles · p. 165 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſayth he) is falſly & malitiouſly obiected vnto vs. For we deuiſe not with the StoicksStoics a neceſſitie of the perpetuall bonde of cauſes, and of a certaine intricate order …
With rule
… ſayth he) is falſly & malitiouſly obiected vnto vs. For we deuiſe not with the StoicksStoics a neceſſitie of the perpetuall bonde of cauſes, and of a certaine intricate order …
Theodore Beza · Display of Popish Practices · p. 4 · Open in the reader
Printed
… lawes and contemners of his edicts. So S. Paul was often accuſed by the StoicksStoics in Athens, by Demetrius, by Tertullus, that he was a peſtilent fellow, a mouer …
With rule
… lawes and contemners of his edicts. So S. Paul was often accuſed by the StoicksStoics in Athens, by Demetrius, by Tertullus, that he was a peſtilent fellow, a mouer …
Nehemiah Rogers · A Strange Vineyard in Palestine · p. 128 · Open in the reader
Printed
… discoerse concerning the gods, yet at last he concludeth in this point with the StoicksStoics, who beléeued One God. And as for Socrates who was the father and founder …
With rule
… discoerse concerning the gods, yet at last he concludeth in this point with the StoicksStoics, who beléeued One God. And as for Socrates who was the father and founder …
Henry Smith · Gods Arrow Against Atheists · Open in the reader
Printed
… did not deny that it had a guide to direct it. The Platonickes and StoicksStoics acknowledged a divine understandinge to have made the world, but out of a prejacent …
With rule
… did not deny that it had a guide to direct it. The Platonickes and StoicksStoics acknowledged a divine understandinge to have made the world, but out of a prejacent …
William Twisse · Discovery of Jacksons Vanity · p. 41 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of this vacuitie of passion among the Heathen, was that receiued opinion of the StoicksStoics, who held that there should be in a wise man, foreign, an absence of all …
With rule
… of this vacuitie of passion among the Heathen, was that receiued opinion of the StoicksStoics, who held that there should be in a wise man, foreign, an absence of all …
Andrew Willet · Harmony Upon 2 Samuel · p. 85 · Open in the reader
Printed
… arrowes with blunt heads, or blades with a ſoft edge, Irrita tela cadunt. The StoicksStoics deviſed many witty arguments to prove that profit and honeſty could not bee ſevered …
With rule
… arrowes with blunt heads, or blades with a ſoft edge, Irrita tela cadunt. The StoicksStoics deviſed many witty arguments to prove that profit and honeſty could not bee ſevered …
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 638 · Open in the reader
Printed
StoicksStoics condēne all paſſions. 71
With rule
StoicksStoics condēne all paſſions. 71
William Gouge · Gods Three Arrows · p. 128 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (14)

6 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 8 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Cohabitation of the Faithful with the Unfaithful A14354

Printed
… and a stronge man. S. Augustine doth also putt awaye the similitude of the stoicksStoics / whiche is. That the man doth die in the waters / if they be but …
With rule
… and a stronge man. S. Augustine doth also putt awaye the similitude of the stoicksStoics / whiche is. That the man doth die in the waters / if they be but …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · The Cohabitation of the Faithful with the Unfaithful · Open in the reader

Apples of Gold A29676

Printed
… ſaith another, for ſhame, either live as StoicksStoics, or leave off the name of ſtoicksStoics. Sirs, live as Chriſtians, or lye down the name of Chriſtians.
With rule
… ſaith another, for ſhame, either live as StoicksStoics, or leave off the name of ſtoicksStoics. Sirs, live as Chriſtians, or lye down the name of Chriſtians.
Thomas Brooks · Apples of Gold · p. 283 · Open in the reader

Histories of Visions Apparitions Prophecies Spirits Divinations A42501

Printed
Cicers following the ſtoicksStoics, affirms that the foreknowing of future things belongs onely to the Gods. And Ptolomie …
With rule
Cicers following the ſtoicksStoics, affirms that the foreknowing of future things belongs onely to the Gods. And Ptolomie …
John Gaule · Histories of Visions Apparitions Prophecies Spirits Divinations · Open in the reader

The Magical-Astrological-Diviner Posed and Puzzled A42502

Printed
Cicero following the ſtoicksStoics, affirms that the foreknowing of future things belongs onely to the Gods. And Ptolomie …
With rule
Cicero following the ſtoicksStoics, affirms that the foreknowing of future things belongs onely to the Gods. And Ptolomie …
John Gaule · The Magical-Astrological-Diviner Posed and Puzzled · Open in the reader

The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America A77237

Printed
Such ſtoicksStoics are but ſtocks, ſuch teaching vain:
With rule
Such ſtoicksStoics are but ſtocks, ſuch teaching vain:
Anne Bradstreet · The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America · p. 207 · Open in the reader

The Royal Robe A78141

Printed
… ſoul dwels in the body, there will be pasſions in the ſoul (whatſoever the ſtoicksStoics ſay to the contrary: but ſo to compoſe them, ne obſint, that they hurt …
With rule
… ſoul dwels in the body, there will be pasſions in the ſoul (whatſoever the ſtoicksStoics ſay to the contrary: but ſo to compoſe them, ne obſint, that they hurt …
James Barker · The Royal Robe · p. 101 · Open in the reader