Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #12439 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

dissentionsdissensions

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

Puritas changed it: 1,207 times in 638 works
Consistency: 99.9% (1,207 of 1,208)
Reach if approved: ~1,269 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: dissensions
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,208 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,207 changes in 638 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,207)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… it by abuſion, as they ſay) or elſe layeth out the great iarres and diſſentionsdissensions, that many times are in the ſame, that ſo he may diſcourage them from …
With rule
… it by abuſion, as they ſay) or elſe layeth out the great iarres and diſſentionsdissensions, that many times are in the ſame, that ſo he may diſcourage them from …
Theodore Beza · The True and Visible Marks of the Catholic Church · Open in the reader
Printed
… ouerthrowne and slaine by the Saracens: and that Persian kingdome (then weakened by ciuill dissentionsdissensions) was subdued to Saracenicall seruitude; and that second Persian Dynastie (continued as Scaliger reckoneth …
With rule
… ouerthrowne and slaine by the Saracens: and that Persian kingdome (then weakened by ciuill dissentionsdissensions) was subdued to Saracenicall seruitude; and that second Persian Dynastie (continued as Scaliger reckoneth …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 308 · Open in the reader
Printed
… but also the Doue of Vnitie. Cant. 6. My Doue, my vndesiled is al…ne. DissentionsDissensions like secret and close Iudasses haue giuen aduantagious meanes to our common enemies, both …
With rule
… but also the Doue of Vnitie. Cant. 6. My Doue, my vndesiled is al…ne. DissentionsDissensions like secret and close Iudasses haue giuen aduantagious meanes to our common enemies, both …
Thomas Adams · Englands Sickness Compared to Israels · p. 36 · Open in the reader
Printed
… which have befallen to many famous Churches Sect. I through the meanes of intestine dissentionsdissensions, should teach us not to admit the occasions of the like inconveniencies among our …
With rule
… which have befallen to many famous Churches Sect. I through the meanes of intestine dissentionsdissensions, should teach us not to admit the occasions of the like inconveniencies among our …
George Gillespie · Dispute Against the English-Popish Ceremonies · p. 26 · Open in the reader
Printed
The ſoule that is looſened from all the cauſes of jarres and diſſentionsdissensions betweene Chriſt and him; that ſoule is ready to match with the promiſe, and …
With rule
The ſoule that is looſened from all the cauſes of jarres and diſſentionsdissensions betweene Chriſt and him; that ſoule is ready to match with the promiſe, and …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Implantation into the Natural Olive · p. 280 · Open in the reader
Printed
They to whom in the most difficult controversies of the Church, and greatest dissentionsdissensions, the Primitive Christians had ever recourse, and who the spirit of God did in …
With rule
They to whom in the most difficult controversies of the Church, and greatest dissentionsdissensions, the Primitive Christians had ever recourse, and who the spirit of God did in …
John Bastwick · Answer to John Banks · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vniuſtly ſo called, diſagree; for they are knowne to be the very firebrands of diſſentionsdissensions, tumults, treaſons, and bloudſheds thorowout all Chriſtendome euer ſince they beganne to be. They …
With rule
… vniuſtly ſo called, diſagree; for they are knowne to be the very firebrands of diſſentionsdissensions, tumults, treaſons, and bloudſheds thorowout all Chriſtendome euer ſince they beganne to be. They …
John Mayer · Exposition on the Catholic Epistles · p. 478 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſort pertake with the Heathen, they were a mixt company; there were among them diſſentionsdissensions and diviſions; 1. Cor. 1. 10. 11. 12. Enuying, there were men carnall: 1. Cor. 3. 3. there was open inceſt; 1. Cor …
With rule
… ſort pertake with the Heathen, they were a mixt company; there were among them diſſentionsdissensions and diviſions; 1. Cor. 1. 10. 11. 12. Enuying, there were men carnall: 1. Cor. 3. 3. there was open inceſt; 1. Cor …
Richard Bernard · Plain Evidences the Church of England is Apostolical · p. 143 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 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.

Elijahs Abatement A81240

Printed
… in order to matters of Diſcipline,) through faith in Chriſt; but, as for our DISSENTIONSDISSENSIONS, all the blood in our veins will never waſh off the guilt.
With rule
… in order to matters of Diſcipline,) through faith in Chriſt; but, as for our DISSENTIONSDISSENSIONS, all the blood in our veins will never waſh off the guilt.
Thomas Case · Elijahs Abatement · Open in the reader