Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #10857 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

melchisedeckMelchizedek

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

Puritas changed it: 702 times in 235 works
Consistency: 99.2% (702 of 707)
Reach if approved: ~743 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: melchisedec
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 707 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (702 changes in 235 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 702)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… dispensation of the typicall kingdome and Preisthood of Christ, shadowed out by that of MelchisedeckMelchizedek King and Preist: repraesented by the administrations of Moses, and Aaron: and after continued …
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… dispensation of the typicall kingdome and Preisthood of Christ, shadowed out by that of MelchisedeckMelchizedek King and Preist: repraesented by the administrations of Moses, and Aaron: and after continued …
John Robinson · Justification of Separation from the Church of England · p. 197 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Pſalm. 110.4. The Lorde ſwore, thou art a Prieſt for euer, after the order of MelchiſedeckMelchizedek. Hebr. 13.8. Ieſus Chriſt yeſterday, and to daie, the ſame is alſo for euer. Reuel …
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… Pſalm. 110.4. The Lorde ſwore, thou art a Prieſt for euer, after the order of MelchiſedeckMelchizedek. Hebr. 13.8. Ieſus Chriſt yeſterday, and to daie, the ſame is alſo for euer. Reuel …
Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion 2 · p. 439 · Open in the reader
Printed
… was God he had no mother, nor father as he was man, Heb. 7. againe, MelchisedeckMelchizedek liued so long, as the knowledge of his parents were worne out.
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… was God he had no mother, nor father as he was man, Heb. 7. againe, MelchisedeckMelchizedek liued so long, as the knowledge of his parents were worne out.
Thomas Wilson · Theological Rules to Guide Us in the Understanding and Practice of Scripture · p. 51 · Open in the reader
Printed
… might haue bin a priest of the order of Aaron, as well as of MelchisedeckMelchizedek but in respect of his sacrifice for the whole people, and intercession for them …
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… might haue bin a priest of the order of Aaron, as well as of MelchisedeckMelchizedek but in respect of his sacrifice for the whole people, and intercession for them …
George Downame · A Defense of the Sermon Preached at the Consecration of the Bishop of Bath · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Deſtruction of the old World. 1656 2331 2420 To Terah's Death, containing the Hiſtory of Shem or MelchiſedeckMelchizedek, as he is after known to be, with the Patriarks of the 2d. Roll …
With rule
… Deſtruction of the old World. 1656 2331 2420 To Terah's Death, containing the Hiſtory of Shem or MelchiſedeckMelchizedek, as he is after known to be, with the Patriarks of the 2d. Roll …
Thomas Beverley · A Scripture Line of Time · Open in the reader
Printed
… Chriſt's Prieſthood, (better than the Levitical Prieſthood, which was not after the Order of MelchiſedeckMelchizedek) having God propitious to him, by his Death, having acceſs to God by Prayer …
With rule
… Chriſt's Prieſthood, (better than the Levitical Prieſthood, which was not after the Order of MelchiſedeckMelchizedek) having God propitious to him, by his Death, having acceſs to God by Prayer …
John Bryan · Dwelling with God · p. 44 · Open in the reader
Printed
… from that hazard, and after that vpon the rest of them (she hauing chosen MelchisedeckMelchizedek by that meanes preserued) for one to be slaine for a sacrifice: as also …
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… from that hazard, and after that vpon the rest of them (she hauing chosen MelchisedeckMelchizedek by that meanes preserued) for one to be slaine for a sacrifice: as also …
Thomas Gataker · Nature and Use of Lots · p. 79 · Open in the reader
Printed
… caried himſelfe in Egipt and Gerar, where there were kings of the countrie: And MelchiſedeckMelchizedek, though he were prieſt of the moſt high God, vſurped not authoritie ouer other …
With rule
… caried himſelfe in Egipt and Gerar, where there were kings of the countrie: And MelchiſedeckMelchizedek, though he were prieſt of the moſt high God, vſurped not authoritie ouer other …
Josias Nichols · Abrahams Faith · p. 124 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

History of the First Ten Persecutions A13296

Printed
… Patriarches, yet hee ouerpasseth the description of the genealogie, death & beginning of the life MELCHISEDECKMELCHIZEDEK this was done of purpose to bring in MELCHISEDECKMELCHIZEDEK: as a type and figure …
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… Patriarches, yet hee ouerpasseth the description of the genealogie, death & beginning of the life MELCHISEDECKMELCHIZEDEK this was done of purpose to bring in MELCHISEDECKMELCHIZEDEK: as a type and figure …
Patrick Simson · History of the First Ten Persecutions · Open in the reader
Printed
… death & beginning of the life MELCHISEDECKMELCHIZEDEK this was done of purpose to bring in MELCHISEDECKMELCHIZEDEK: as a type and figure of the true king of peace Christ Icsus, as …
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… death & beginning of the life MELCHISEDECKMELCHIZEDEK this was done of purpose to bring in MELCHISEDECKMELCHIZEDEK: as a type and figure of the true king of peace Christ Icsus, as …
Patrick Simson · History of the First Ten Persecutions · Open in the reader
Printed
… that Christ was man onely and not God manifested in our nature. Melchisedeciani magnified MELCHISEDECKMELCHIZEDEK aboue Christ. Bardesianisiae were but a branch of the heresie of the Ualentinians and …
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… that Christ was man onely and not God manifested in our nature. Melchisedeciani magnified MELCHISEDECKMELCHIZEDEK aboue Christ. Bardesianisiae were but a branch of the heresie of the Ualentinians and …
Patrick Simson · History of the First Ten Persecutions · Open in the reader
Printed
… either bee liker vnto CHRIST, (who was a Priest according to the order of MELCHISEDECKMELCHIZEDEK) or else they shoulde bragge lesse of the ceremonies of the LEVITICALL Lawe, seeing …
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… either bee liker vnto CHRIST, (who was a Priest according to the order of MELCHISEDECKMELCHIZEDEK) or else they shoulde bragge lesse of the ceremonies of the LEVITICALL Lawe, seeing …
Patrick Simson · History of the First Ten Persecutions · p. 225 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Genesis and Exodus A15408

Printed
Vers. 18 MElchisedeckMelchizedek. &c. 1. Origen and Dydimus thinke that MelchisedeckMelchizedek was an Angell, but the text is …
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Vers. 18 MElchisedeckMelchizedek. &c. 1. Origen and Dydimus thinke that MelchisedeckMelchizedek was an Angell, but the text is …
Andrew Willet · Commentary on Genesis and Exodus · p. 137 · Open in the reader