Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11931 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ordeinedordained

Everything else the mechanical classes do not explain: shew → show, then → than.

Puritas changed it: 2,205 times in 386 works
Consistency: 99.6% (2,205 of 2,212)
Reach if approved: ~2,324 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: ordained
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,212 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,205 changes in 386 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,205)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… ſelfe. This blaſphemous opinion of Circumciſion, maketh it infinitelie worſe, (though once it was ordeinedordained of God) then our indifferent opinion of the Hyerarchie, though in deed it were …
With rule
… ſelfe. This blaſphemous opinion of Circumciſion, maketh it infinitelie worſe, (though once it was ordeinedordained of God) then our indifferent opinion of the Hyerarchie, though in deed it were …
Henry Jacob · Defense of the Churches and Ministry of England · p. 41 · Open in the reader
Printed
… him or to his kingdome, & then (alas) what …easteth for vs, but perpetuall death, ordeinedordained for those that wyll not cont…nue in leage wyth God?
With rule
… him or to his kingdome, & then (alas) what …easteth for vs, but perpetuall death, ordeinedordained for those that wyll not cont…nue in leage wyth God?
John Knox · An Admonition to the Faithful in London · Open in the reader
Printed
… God, & to resist them is to resyst agaynste God. For he is gods minister ordeinedordained to punysh the wycked, and to mayntayne the good. Wherfore we ought to paye …
With rule
… God, & to resist them is to resyst agaynste God. For he is gods minister ordeinedordained to punysh the wycked, and to mayntayne the good. Wherfore we ought to paye …
Hugh Latimer · Sermon 9 October 1550 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Sacraments, Cenſures & diſcipline of the Church, and all other good thinges thou haſt ordeinedordained, may (through their owne fault) turne vnto their ruine, & be a ſauour of death …
With rule
… the Sacraments, Cenſures & diſcipline of the Church, and all other good thinges thou haſt ordeinedordained, may (through their owne fault) turne vnto their ruine, & be a ſauour of death …
Henry Finch · The Sacred Doctrine of Divinity · Open in the reader
Printed
… them: the people must be taught, that this name signifieth a minister, which was ordeinedordained not to serue the Popish altar, but the poore mens tables, that is, to …
With rule
… them: the people must be taught, that this name signifieth a minister, which was ordeinedordained not to serue the Popish altar, but the poore mens tables, that is, to …
William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 132 · Open in the reader
Printed
FOr ſome of thoſe officers I haue twiſe aunſwered before, that they were not ordeinedordained, to continue alwaies, with the church, wherefore they are not to be exacted of …
With rule
FOr ſome of thoſe officers I haue twiſe aunſwered before, that they were not ordeinedordained, to continue alwaies, with the church, wherefore they are not to be exacted of …
William Fulke · Answer to the Proud Challenge of a Counterset Catholic · p. 27 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and perfect proper forme, the humane ſo…le and underſtanding. Moreover all formes are ordeinedordained for their matiers, and all matiers have in them a naturall appetite to thoſe …
With rule
… and perfect proper forme, the humane ſo…le and underſtanding. Moreover all formes are ordeinedordained for their matiers, and all matiers have in them a naturall appetite to thoſe …
Alexander Gill · The Sacred Philosophy of the Holy Scripture · p. 171 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ye heauens, and al you that in them in doth dwel. Ye Angels aboue ordeinedordained for mans comforte, ye sainctes departed from the miseries of this worlde, ye faithfull …
With rule
… ye heauens, and al you that in them in doth dwel. Ye Angels aboue ordeinedordained for mans comforte, ye sainctes departed from the miseries of this worlde, ye faithfull …
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

5 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.

An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist A04920

Printed
… ye labor to obscure the plaine wordes of y^e Apostle, we briefly shall examin. OrdeinedOrdained to damnation (say you) after the common maner of speach, doth signifie no more …
With rule
… ye labor to obscure the plaine wordes of y^e Apostle, we briefly shall examin. OrdeinedOrdained to damnation (say you) after the common maner of speach, doth signifie no more …
John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 180 · Open in the reader

Collection of Discourses A14212

Printed
… which work… bin you both the … and the deed. And as Many is were OrdeinedOrdained vnto eternall life Beleeued. Of Perſeverance. The foū dation o God remaineth Sure, and …
With rule
… which work… bin you both the … and the deed. And as Many is were OrdeinedOrdained vnto eternall life Beleeued. Of Perſeverance. The foū dation o God remaineth Sure, and …
Zacharias Ursinus · Collection of Discourses · p. 54 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Luke ſaith of the Antioclnans Paules hearers, And they Beleeued, As Many as were OrdeinedOrdained vnto eternall life, he manifeſtly ſetteth downe who they were, and why they beleeued …
With rule
… Luke ſaith of the Antioclnans Paules hearers, And they Beleeued, As Many as were OrdeinedOrdained vnto eternall life, he manifeſtly ſetteth downe who they were, and why they beleeued …
Zacharias Ursinus · Collection of Discourses · p. 55 · Open in the reader

Plea for the Lords and House of Peers A56189

Printed
… inward wars moved and grounded by occaſion of the ſaid Ʋſurpation; It be therefore OrdeinedOrdained, declared and ſtabliſhed by the advice, aſſent and authority aforeſaid, for the more stabliſhing …
With rule
… inward wars moved and grounded by occaſion of the ſaid Ʋſurpation; It be therefore OrdeinedOrdained, declared and ſtabliſhed by the advice, aſſent and authority aforeſaid, for the more stabliſhing …
William Prynne · Plea for the Lords and House of Peers · p. 465 · Open in the reader

The Mystical Brazen Serpent A77504

Printed
Deviſed by God; and OrdeinedOrdained by him; ſo it there followeth. Hidden wiſdom, which God ordeinedordained before the world …
With rule
Deviſed by God; and OrdeinedOrdained by him; ſo it there followeth. Hidden wiſdom, which God ordeinedordained before the world …
John Brinsley · The Mystical Brazen Serpent · p. 24 · Open in the reader