Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #10938 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

josiasJosiah

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

Puritas changed it: 229 times in 133 works
Consistency: 97.0% (229 of 236)
Reach if approved: ~249 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: josia's
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 237 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (229 changes in 133 works, 97.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 229)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… King of Egypt and his Host, that were puft up for the Conquest of JosiasJosiah— The like Jer. 51.8.11. about Babylons fall — See Lam. 4.21. Mal. 1.9. 1 Cor. 4.8.
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… King of Egypt and his Host, that were puft up for the Conquest of JosiasJosiah— The like Jer. 51.8.11. about Babylons fall — See Lam. 4.21. Mal. 1.9. 1 Cor. 4.8.
Thomas De Laune · A Key to Open Scripture Metaphors · p. 34 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of thee, and I am afraid of thy judgements. Pſal. 119.119.120. I might ad religious JoſiasJosiah his veſt rent and heart qailed at the hearing onely of the menaces out …
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… of thee, and I am afraid of thy judgements. Pſal. 119.119.120. I might ad religious JoſiasJosiah his veſt rent and heart qailed at the hearing onely of the menaces out …
Thomas Gataker · Vindication of His Annotations · p. 101 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as well as Jehoiachin the ſonne; and ſo whereas Mat. 1.11. it is ſaid that JoſiasJosiah begat Jechonias and his brethren, that is meant of Jehoiakim the ſonne of JoſiasJosiah …
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… as well as Jehoiachin the ſonne; and ſo whereas Mat. 1.11. it is ſaid that JoſiasJosiah begat Jechonias and his brethren, that is meant of Jehoiakim the ſonne of JoſiasJosiah …
Arthur Jackson · Annotations Upon the Historical Books Part 2 · p. 649 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the king wer of ful age, & then commonly they gouerne not wel. But yet JosiasJosiah & one or two mo though they wer chyldren yet had their realmes well gouerned …
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… the king wer of ful age, & then commonly they gouerne not wel. But yet JosiasJosiah & one or two mo though they wer chyldren yet had their realmes well gouerned …
Hugh Latimer · A Most Faithful Sermon · Open in the reader
Printed
… the temple by Ezekias, after it was prophaned by Ahaz and Vrias, or by JosiasJosiah after it was polluted by Manasses and Amon. But now there was an annuall …
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… the temple by Ezekias, after it was prophaned by Ahaz and Vrias, or by JosiasJosiah after it was polluted by Manasses and Amon. But now there was an annuall …
David Calderwood · A Reexamination of the Five Articles Enacted at Perth in 1618 · p. 193 · Open in the reader
Printed
… every known sin, and to obey God in every one of his Commandments; like JosiasJosiah who turned to God with all his heart, according to all the law of …
With rule
… every known sin, and to obey God in every one of his Commandments; like JosiasJosiah who turned to God with all his heart, according to all the law of …
Lewis Bayly · The Practice of Piety · p. 164 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Necho, King of Egypt, had formerly displaced Jehoahaz, after he had slain his Father JosiasJosiah, and set up Jehoiachim, the Son by another Mother: So Nebuchadnezzar slew Jehoiakim, who …
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… Necho, King of Egypt, had formerly displaced Jehoahaz, after he had slain his Father JosiasJosiah, and set up Jehoiachim, the Son by another Mother: So Nebuchadnezzar slew Jehoiakim, who …
Samuel Clarke · The Life and Death of Nebuchadnezzar the Great · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
… upon them as ſo many pearls. As in the mourning for Jacob, Gen. 50.11. for JoſiasJosiah, 2 Chron. 35.24. for Samuel, 1 Sam. 25.1. for Stephen, Acts 8.2. Its reckoned amongſt Gods thunderbolts, Their widows …
With rule
… upon them as ſo many pearls. As in the mourning for Jacob, Gen. 50.11. for JoſiasJosiah, 2 Chron. 35.24. for Samuel, 1 Sam. 25.1. for Stephen, Acts 8.2. Its reckoned amongſt Gods thunderbolts, Their widows …
Thomas Case · Mount Pisgah · p. 144 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Marrow of Ecclesiastical History A33335

Printed
JOsiasJosiah Simlerus was born at Capella in Helvetia, An. Ch. 1530. His Fathers Name was Peter …
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JOsiasJosiah Simlerus was born at Capella in Helvetia, An. Ch. 1530. His Fathers Name was Peter …
Samuel Clarke · The Marrow of Ecclesiastical History · p. 749 · Open in the reader

Sarah and Hagar A60175

Printed
… The Pious Labours of that Learned, Orthodox, and Indefatigable Preacher of the GOSPEL, M^r JOSIASJOSIAH SHƲTE, B. D. And above three and thirty yeers Rector of S. Mary Woolnoth …
With rule
… The Pious Labours of that Learned, Orthodox, and Indefatigable Preacher of the GOSPEL, M^r JOSIASJOSIAH SHƲTE, B. D. And above three and thirty yeers Rector of S. Mary Woolnoth …
Josias Shute · Sarah and Hagar · Open in the reader
Printed
Firſt, for the Reverend Author, Maſter JOSIASJOSIAH SHUTE, his very name is as a ſilver Trumpet to his Reputation, ſounding out …
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Firſt, for the Reverend Author, Maſter JOSIASJOSIAH SHUTE, his very name is as a ſilver Trumpet to his Reputation, ſounding out …
Josias Shute · Sarah and Hagar · Open in the reader

A New Martyrology A63966

Printed
JOSIASJOSIAH ASKEW
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JOSIASJOSIAH ASKEW
John Tutchin · A New Martyrology · p. 507 · Open in the reader