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achitophellAhithophel

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

Puritas changed it
125 times in 85 works
Consistency
98.4% (125 of 127)
Reach if approved
~133 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: achitophel
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
127 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (125 changes in 85 works, 98.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 125)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … curſe, the wiſedome of the Phariſies is turned to a woe, the wiſedome of AchitophellAhithophel is turned to folly, the wiſedome of Nimrod is turned to confuſion, the wiſedome …
    With rule
    … curſe, the wiſedome of the Phariſies is turned to a woe, the wiſedome of AchitophellAhithophel is turned to folly, the wiſedome of Nimrod is turned to confuſion, the wiſedome …

    Henry Smith · Sermons in One Volume · p. 1000 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … doe Iustice. Prouer. 21, 30. There is no Wisedome, nor vnderstanding, nor counsell against the Lord. AchitophellAhithophel had this kinde of Wisedome as well as Salomon.
    With rule
    … doe Iustice. Prouer. 21, 30. There is no Wisedome, nor vnderstanding, nor counsell against the Lord. AchitophellAhithophel had this kinde of Wisedome as well as Salomon.

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 539 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … as were the Graecians. Dives was a rich man, Goliah was a strong man, AchitophellAhithophel was a wise man, Absolon was a faire man, Esau was circumcised, and Cain …
    With rule
    … as were the Graecians. Dives was a rich man, Goliah was a strong man, AchitophellAhithophel was a wise man, Absolon was a faire man, Esau was circumcised, and Cain …

    Nicholas Byfield · An Exposition Upon Colossians · p. 72 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … his, not avowed by him, He may quicken our Counſels by bringing in an AchitophellAhithophel, he may ſtrengthen our Armies by calling in the Turke, he may eſtabliſh our …
    With rule
    … his, not avowed by him, He may quicken our Counſels by bringing in an AchitophellAhithophel, he may ſtrengthen our Armies by calling in the Turke, he may eſtabliſh our …

    John Donne · Eighty Sermons · p. 805 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … would have all Iſrael come together, from Dan to Beerſheba; for the Generall not AchitophellAhithophel, but the King himſelfe in his perſon; all which counſell was for no other …
    With rule
    … would have all Iſrael come together, from Dan to Beerſheba; for the Generall not AchitophellAhithophel, but the King himſelfe in his perſon; all which counſell was for no other …

    Samuel Fairclough Sr · The Troublers Troubled · p. 44 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … their loue the histories doe testifie. Saule was a little afflicted, and forsooke God: AchitophellAhithophel somewhat crossed in his deuises, hangeth himselfe: and Iudas for againe of money, betrayed …
    With rule
    … their loue the histories doe testifie. Saule was a little afflicted, and forsooke God: AchitophellAhithophel somewhat crossed in his deuises, hangeth himselfe: and Iudas for againe of money, betrayed …

    Richard Greenham · Two Treatises Comforting an Afflicted Conscience · p. 141 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … suche as hath ben wicked men, had rather be hanged than abide it. As AchitophellAhithophel that traitour to Dauid lyke an ambitious …, thought to haue come to higher promotion …
    With rule
    … suche as hath ben wicked men, had rather be hanged than abide it. As AchitophellAhithophel that traitour to Dauid lyke an ambitious …, thought to haue come to higher promotion …

    Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … deceaved by him, may complayn, and moan himself to God; as David complayned of AchitophellAhithophel the traytour, with whom he had taken sweet counsayl, and walked into the house …
    With rule
    … deceaved by him, may complayn, and moan himself to God; as David complayned of AchitophellAhithophel the traytour, with whom he had taken sweet counsayl, and walked into the house …

    John Robinson · Observations Divine and Moral · p. 204 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.