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Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #10880 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

chruchChurch

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

Puritas changed it
149 times in 122 works
Consistency
97.3% (149 of 153)
Reach if approved
~161 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: church
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
153 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (149 changes in 122 works, 97.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 149)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … the Church of Rome is a true visible Church, though not a true beleeuing ChruchChurch. What if we should deny this, that the Church of Rome is a true …
    With rule
    … the Church of Rome is a true visible Church, though not a true beleeuing ChruchChurch. What if we should deny this, that the Church of Rome is a true …

    Henry Burton · The Seven Vials · p. 33 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … his elect might be all borne, called and fulfilled, and so gathered into the ChruchChurch triumphant in heauen. Secondly to containe and keepe his people from astonishment of feare …
    With rule
    … his elect might be all borne, called and fulfilled, and so gathered into the ChruchChurch triumphant in heauen. Secondly to containe and keepe his people from astonishment of feare …

    Thomas Draxe · The Churches Security Together with the Antidote · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … from Chriſt, the Riſing Sun: whence came the old Ceremony of worſhipping, in the ChruchChurch, only towards the Eaſt.
    With rule
    … from Chriſt, the Riſing Sun: whence came the old Ceremony of worſhipping, in the ChruchChurch, only towards the Eaſt.

    Richard Baxter · A Paraphrase on the New Testament · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … out of duty, as a watchman, I dare not betray the ſalvation of this ChruchChurch, by not giving warning, I would have held my peace; but my hope is …
    With rule
    … out of duty, as a watchman, I dare not betray the ſalvation of this ChruchChurch, by not giving warning, I would have held my peace; but my hope is …

    Thomas Brightman · Judgment or Prophecies · p. 2 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … not how to rule his own Family, how ſhall he take care of the ChruchChurch of God? Then he that is choſen into the Office of a Biſhop may …
    With rule
    … not how to rule his own Family, how ſhall he take care of the ChruchChurch of God? Then he that is choſen into the Office of a Biſhop may …

    Charles Drelincourt · Notes Upon Texts of Scripture and Popish Errors · p. 92 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … ſuperſtition through defect of Godly zeale againſt their ſuperſtitious worſhips. For enſample, The Greeke ChruchChurch abſtaineth from blood and ſtrangled, not placing in it any worſhip of Gods, but …
    With rule
    … ſuperſtition through defect of Godly zeale againſt their ſuperſtitious worſhips. For enſample, The Greeke ChruchChurch abſtaineth from blood and ſtrangled, not placing in it any worſhip of Gods, but …

    Robert Parker · Against Symbolizing with Antichrist in Ceremonies · p. 79 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … Church is called a garden being a severed place from the wa…te: the ChruchChurch is severed from the wildernesse of the world in Gods care and love, likewise …
    With rule
    … Church is called a garden being a severed place from the wa…te: the ChruchChurch is severed from the wildernesse of the world in Gods care and love, likewise …

    Richard Sibbes · Bowels Opened · p. 430 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … Thirdly, Doctrine of Sacraments, by a Sinecdoche of the part: Fourthly, the doctrine of ChruchChurch-order and Officers, by a Metinomie of the signe: Fiftly, the Resurrection of the …
    With rule
    … Thirdly, Doctrine of Sacraments, by a Sinecdoche of the part: Fourthly, the doctrine of ChruchChurch-order and Officers, by a Metinomie of the signe: Fiftly, the Resurrection of the …

    Thomas Wilson · Exposition of Hebrews 6:1-2 · p. 8 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.