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madianitesMidianites

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

Puritas changed it
173 times in 69 works
Consistency
100% (173 of 173)
Reach if approved
~182 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: medianites
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
173 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (173 changes in 69 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 173)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … proue him to be a true minister of God, or that the Moabites or MadianitesMidianites hauing him to sacrifice, prophesie and teach among them, had an ordinance or prophet …
    With rule
    … proue him to be a true minister of God, or that the Moabites or MadianitesMidianites hauing him to sacrifice, prophesie and teach among them, had an ordinance or prophet …

    Henry Ainsworth · Counterpoison Considerations · p. 79 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … fre paſſag / take away from vs thoſe Idolatrus Maſſmongers / thoſe idle latyneHumblers / thoſe ſhauen MadianitesMidianites / thoſe Lordly loyterers / thoſe Wolues / thoſe Theues / Robbers / and Murtherars / whiche do nothyng elles …
    With rule
    … fre paſſag / take away from vs thoſe Idolatrus Maſſmongers / thoſe idle latyneHumblers / thoſe ſhauen MadianitesMidianites / thoſe Lordly loyterers / thoſe Wolues / thoſe Theues / Robbers / and Murtherars / whiche do nothyng elles …

    Thomas Becon · An Humble Supplication Unto God for Restoring His Holy Word · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … that when his Army did fall from 32000, to three hundred, he dares meet the MadianitesMidianites hand to hand, though they were ſpread upon the ground as Graſhoppers. See how …
    With rule
    … that when his Army did fall from 32000, to three hundred, he dares meet the MadianitesMidianites hand to hand, though they were ſpread upon the ground as Graſhoppers. See how …

    Josias Shute · Judgment and Mercy · p. 10 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … The people that are wyth the, are to many for me to gyue the MadianitesMidianites into theyr handes, lest Israel make theyr boast vnto my dishonour, and saye, our …
    With rule
    … The people that are wyth the, are to many for me to gyue the MadianitesMidianites into theyr handes, lest Israel make theyr boast vnto my dishonour, and saye, our …

    Thomas Becon · The New Policy of War · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    But the cruelty of Nero against the Christians farre exceeded that of the MadianitesMidianites, and Senacherib: in so much that he sowed them in the skins of wilde …
    With rule
    But the cruelty of Nero against the Christians farre exceeded that of the MadianitesMidianites, and Senacherib: in so much that he sowed them in the skins of wilde …

    John Rainolds · The Prophecy of Obadiah Opened and Applied · p. 55 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … doe witneſſe as well the hiſtoryes as the Prophecies of y• Amelechites, Moabites, Amonites, MadianitesMidianites, Idumeans, Babylonians and of the Iſraelytes themſelues.
    With rule
    … doe witneſſe as well the hiſtoryes as the Prophecies of y• Amelechites, Moabites, Amonites, MadianitesMidianites, Idumeans, Babylonians and of the Iſraelytes themſelues.

    Pierre Viret · The Christian Disputations · p. 253 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … the Baſil, the Venice, the Millen, agree in that. So, Heathen ſhalbe counted as MadianitesMidianites, when they fight againſt God, and muſt alter euen prophane recordes for theyr cauſe …
    With rule
    … the Baſil, the Venice, the Millen, agree in that. So, Heathen ſhalbe counted as MadianitesMidianites, when they fight againſt God, and muſt alter euen prophane recordes for theyr cauſe …

    Hugh Broughton · Order of the World · p. 25 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … is worthie to be noted, that where he speaketh of the land of the MadianitesMidianites, the Princes which ruled there are called the Dukes of Sihon, that we may …
    With rule
    … is worthie to be noted, that where he speaketh of the land of the MadianitesMidianites, the Princes which ruled there are called the Dukes of Sihon, that we may …

    John Calvin · Commentary on Joshua · p. 67 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.