Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #12654 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

honourablyhonorably

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

Puritas changed it: 1,326 times in 725 works
Consistency: 95.1% (1,326 of 1,394)
Reach if approved: ~1,465 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: honourably
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,394 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,326 changes in 725 works, 95.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,326)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… of Sodome, and meekly prayed for him that had taken his wife. He is honourablyhonorably commended by God himſelfe for his good inſtruction to his houſehold, children and poſteritie …
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… of Sodome, and meekly prayed for him that had taken his wife. He is honourablyhonorably commended by God himſelfe for his good inſtruction to his houſehold, children and poſteritie …
John Ball · A Treatise of Faith · p. 32 · Open in the reader
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… ready to yeeld vp the ghoſt: and Alexander pitieng him, when hee was dead honourablyhonorably buried him. Carion writeth of another traitour Beſſus, captaine of Darius, who ſeeing his …
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… ready to yeeld vp the ghoſt: and Alexander pitieng him, when hee was dead honourablyhonorably buried him. Carion writeth of another traitour Beſſus, captaine of Darius, who ſeeing his …
Laurence Humphrey · A View of the Romish Hydra · p. 43 · Open in the reader
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… patrymonye, & all that he hath. Soo truely ſhulde we take the power of Rome honourablyhonorably, as … father / but whan they be madde and wood / they muſte be let from …
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… patrymonye, & all that he hath. Soo truely ſhulde we take the power of Rome honourablyhonorably, as … father / but whan they be madde and wood / they muſte be let from …
Martin Luther · Treatise of Good Works · Open in the reader
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… is, Reuerence, which is a godly ſubiection in Heart, Word, & Déed: Thinking and Iudging honourablyhonorably of the Magiſtrate, euen of the loweſt: Looking not to his perſon, whether good …
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… is, Reuerence, which is a godly ſubiection in Heart, Word, & Déed: Thinking and Iudging honourablyhonorably of the Magiſtrate, euen of the loweſt: Looking not to his perſon, whether good …
Elnathan Parr · The Grounds of Divinity · p. 298 · Open in the reader
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… Africa, with great troupes of foilowers and partakers, where the Saracens receiued him very honourablyhonorably. Barrius tels that Ciafa himselfe was Caliph, and that he descended of Abaz, of …
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… Africa, with great troupes of foilowers and partakers, where the Saracens receiued him very honourablyhonorably. Barrius tels that Ciafa himselfe was Caliph, and that he descended of Abaz, of …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 532 · Open in the reader
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… that, that God hath determined should never revive againe. When the Iewish Ceremonies were honourablyhonorably interred, and laid in their graves, these men would raise them out of their …
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… that, that God hath determined should never revive againe. When the Iewish Ceremonies were honourablyhonorably interred, and laid in their graves, these men would raise them out of their …
Richard Sibbes · Evangelical Sacrifices · p. 114 · Open in the reader
Printed
… politique affaires, thinking truely that to be subiect to wisedome, is to rule most honourablyhonorably. But where pride preuayleth with any Prince, hee will neither giue eare to the …
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… politique affaires, thinking truely that to be subiect to wisedome, is to rule most honourablyhonorably. But where pride preuayleth with any Prince, hee will neither giue eare to the …
William Fulke · Sermon 26 February 1580 · p. 39 · Open in the reader
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… by God himselfe. These were to be suffered a while, that they might be honourablyhonorably buried: to those we are to say with detestation Get you hence, Nor 4. can …
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… by God himselfe. These were to be suffered a while, that they might be honourablyhonorably buried: to those we are to say with detestation Get you hence, Nor 4. can …
George Gillespie · Dispute Against the English-Popish Ceremonies · p. 25 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (68)

32 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 29 are listed here. 36 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Eighty Sermons A20637

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… too. Gods purpoſe therein is, that all men ſhould be Decently; and Honourable perſons, HonourablyHonorably buried; but his purpoſe herein is exceeded, when any ragge of their skin, or …
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… too. Gods purpoſe therein is, that all men ſhould be Decently; and Honourable perſons, HonourablyHonorably buried; but his purpoſe herein is exceeded, when any ragge of their skin, or …
John Donne · Eighty Sermons · p. 196 · Open in the reader

Vindication of the Faithful Rebuke to a False Report A25220

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… not afford a few gentle words to determine an Easie Question: So Cheaply and HonourablyHonorably you might have worn the Title of an Industrious Pacificator, whereas you must now …
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… not afford a few gentle words to determine an Easie Question: So Cheaply and HonourablyHonorably you might have worn the Title of an Industrious Pacificator, whereas you must now …
Vincent Alsop · Vindication of the Faithful Rebuke to a False Report · p. 8 · Open in the reader

Life and Death of Philip Henry A26780

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… give flattering Titles; nor was it any invidious piece of Service, to speak thus HonourablyHonorably of one, who like Demetrius, had a good report of all Men, and of …
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… give flattering Titles; nor was it any invidious piece of Service, to speak thus HonourablyHonorably of one, who like Demetrius, had a good report of all Men, and of …
Matthew Henry · Life and Death of Philip Henry · p. 212 · Open in the reader

A Collection of the Lives of Ten Eminent Divines A33301

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… never accepted of any additions, or accessions of maintenance, or honour, though they were HonourablyHonorably profered by such Persons as were able to have advanced him.
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… never accepted of any additions, or accessions of maintenance, or honour, though they were HonourablyHonorably profered by such Persons as were able to have advanced him.
Samuel Clarke · A Collection of the Lives of Ten Eminent Divines · p. 30 · Open in the reader

The Honor Due from Children A33522

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… Scripture, for Honour of Recompence, and thankfulneſs. Numb. 22. 37. cannot I Honour, or recompence thee HonourablyHonorably (ſaith Balack to Balaam) It is the ſame Hebrew word with this in Exod …
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… Scripture, for Honour of Recompence, and thankfulneſs. Numb. 22. 37. cannot I Honour, or recompence thee HonourablyHonorably (ſaith Balack to Balaam) It is the ſame Hebrew word with this in Exod …
Thomas Cobbet · The Honor Due from Children · p. 5 · Open in the reader

The Journals of Parliaments A35827

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… them; which Order the wise and prudent Marcus Aurelius used, and long time Reigned HonourablyHonorably. The noble Conqueror Alexander, in the beginning of his Reign, used the same; but …
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… them; which Order the wise and prudent Marcus Aurelius used, and long time Reigned HonourablyHonorably. The noble Conqueror Alexander, in the beginning of his Reign, used the same; but …
Simonds D Ewes · The Journals of Parliaments · p. 64 · Open in the reader
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… to remember you, that like as it hath pleased the Queens Majesty thus Princely, HonourablyHonorably and thankfully, to think of and accept this free and liberal Grant of yours …
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… to remember you, that like as it hath pleased the Queens Majesty thus Princely, HonourablyHonorably and thankfully, to think of and accept this free and liberal Grant of yours …
Simonds D Ewes · The Journals of Parliaments · p. 152 · Open in the reader
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… shew you that I my self was Yesterday with the Lord Keeper, and how HonourablyHonorably I heard him speak of this House; that he desired nothing more than to …
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… shew you that I my self was Yesterday with the Lord Keeper, and how HonourablyHonorably I heard him speak of this House; that he desired nothing more than to …
Simonds D Ewes · The Journals of Parliaments · p. 636 · Open in the reader
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… three by their Commandments had been with the Lord Keeper whom he found most HonourablyHonorably to entertain and receive both him and the rest: And that his Lordship did …
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… three by their Commandments had been with the Lord Keeper whom he found most HonourablyHonorably to entertain and receive both him and the rest: And that his Lordship did …
Simonds D Ewes · The Journals of Parliaments · p. 638 · Open in the reader

The Gentile Sinner A39252

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… of Church and State. That, as by the speciall Indulgence of God they were HonourablyHonorably borne; so by his speciall Grace too, they may indeed live, both truly profitable …
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… of Church and State. That, as by the speciall Indulgence of God they were HonourablyHonorably borne; so by his speciall Grace too, they may indeed live, both truly profitable …
Clement Ellis · The Gentile Sinner · p. 260 · Open in the reader

Of Free Justification by Christ A40370

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… And now what Merits did they bring with them, that they should be so HonourablyHonorably Entertained? The same may be asked concerning the Israelites, who having slain a Lamb …
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… And now what Merits did they bring with them, that they should be so HonourablyHonorably Entertained? The same may be asked concerning the Israelites, who having slain a Lamb …
John Foxe · Of Free Justification by Christ · p. 259 · Open in the reader

The Ancient Christian Religion A41775

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… do not only acknowledg that such a Person there was, but they speak very HonourablyHonorably of him, as being a Prophet of the Lord, and do greatly abhor the …
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… do not only acknowledg that such a Person there was, but they speak very HonourablyHonorably of him, as being a Prophet of the Lord, and do greatly abhor the …
Thomas Grantham · The Ancient Christian Religion · p. 11 · Open in the reader

The History of the Church of Great Britain A42548

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In the year 1566. Queen Elizabeth came to Oxford, HonourablyHonorably attended with Robert Dudley, lately made Earl, of Leiceſter, and Chancellor of Oxford, the …
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In the year 1566. Queen Elizabeth came to Oxford, HonourablyHonorably attended with Robert Dudley, lately made Earl, of Leiceſter, and Chancellor of Oxford, the …
William Gearing · The History of the Church of Great Britain · p. 231 · Open in the reader

A Memorial Offered to John Williams A43532

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… therefore, it need not, that he got ſufficient Wealth, and beſtow'd it Charitably, and HonourablyHonorably, as will be manifeſted. Whither it be Tully or Panaetius that ſays it, or …
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… therefore, it need not, that he got ſufficient Wealth, and beſtow'd it Charitably, and HonourablyHonorably, as will be manifeſted. Whither it be Tully or Panaetius that ſays it, or …
John Hacket · A Memorial Offered to John Williams · p. 29 · Open in the reader

The Design and Nature of Historical Mistakes Found in Stillingfleet A45143

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… Honour; They have once impos'd theſe things, as terms of Union, and cannot now HonourablyHonorably recede the leaſt Iota; The Diſſenters, they cannot ſtretch their Conſciences to any ſinful …
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… Honour; They have once impos'd theſe things, as terms of Union, and cannot now HonourablyHonorably recede the leaſt Iota; The Diſſenters, they cannot ſtretch their Conſciences to any ſinful …
John Humfrey · The Design and Nature of Historical Mistakes Found in Stillingfleet · p. 25 · Open in the reader

Treatise of Religion and Learning A47630

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… Lords Prayer, and other Learned Works shew him to be; and he is often HonourablyHonorably mentioned by Voetius, Streso, and other outlandish Divines.
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… Lords Prayer, and other Learned Works shew him to be; and he is often HonourablyHonorably mentioned by Voetius, Streso, and other outlandish Divines.
Edward Leigh · Treatise of Religion and Learning · p. 211 · Open in the reader

The Growth of Error A48862

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Thus one, ſpeaks (as I have already noted,) ſo HonourablyHonorably of Mahomet, and ſo much of the Future Happineſs of the Mahometans; and another …
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Thus one, ſpeaks (as I have already noted,) ſo HonourablyHonorably of Mahomet, and ſo much of the Future Happineſs of the Mahometans; and another …
Stephen Lobb · The Growth of Error · p. 191 · Open in the reader
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… do write ſo Reſpectfully, and Charitably of theſe Iſhmaelites and do, not only ſpeak HonourablyHonorably of the Impoſtor Mahomet's Deſign, as if it had been only to reform the …
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… do write ſo Reſpectfully, and Charitably of theſe Iſhmaelites and do, not only ſpeak HonourablyHonorably of the Impoſtor Mahomet's Deſign, as if it had been only to reform the …
Stephen Lobb · The Growth of Error · p. 198 · Open in the reader
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… to Chriſtianity; and it muſt be acknowledged, that thoſe Engliſh Socinians, who write ſo HonourablyHonorably of Mahomet, his Deſign, and Religion, may be more juſtly look'd on as Penſioners …
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… to Chriſtianity; and it muſt be acknowledged, that thoſe Engliſh Socinians, who write ſo HonourablyHonorably of Mahomet, his Deſign, and Religion, may be more juſtly look'd on as Penſioners …
Stephen Lobb · The Growth of Error · p. 201 · Open in the reader

A Fit Conjucture of Religion and Learning A50062

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… Lords Prayer, and other Learned Works shew him to be; and he is often HonourablyHonorably mentioned by Voetins, Streso, and other outlandish Divines.
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… Lords Prayer, and other Learned Works shew him to be; and he is often HonourablyHonorably mentioned by Voetins, Streso, and other outlandish Divines.
Edward Leigh · A Fit Conjucture of Religion and Learning · p. 211 · Open in the reader

A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament A52807

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… wicked Inſtigation: He had been bound Ignominiouſly, but now comes he to be looſed HonourablyHonorably; and this is not all, Joſeph is not let looſe, and ſo bid to …
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… wicked Inſtigation: He had been bound Ignominiouſly, but now comes he to be looſed HonourablyHonorably; and this is not all, Joſeph is not let looſe, and ſo bid to …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 385 · Open in the reader
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Firſt, HonourablyHonorably, which is expreſs'd by their rejoycing to behold it, by their running to meet …
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Firſt, HonourablyHonorably, which is expreſs'd by their rejoycing to behold it, by their running to meet …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 231 · Open in the reader
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… Roof (a fit place for private Conference, or Secret Prayer, Acts 10.9.) He Lodged him HonourablyHonorably that Night, v. 25. (2.) Samuel calls him up early to the Houſe top again to …
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… Roof (a fit place for private Conference, or Secret Prayer, Acts 10.9.) He Lodged him HonourablyHonorably that Night, v. 25. (2.) Samuel calls him up early to the Houſe top again to …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 240 · Open in the reader
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… was a Jew; but alſo and more eſpecially, becauſe he ſpeaks ſo Highly and HonourablyHonorably of Chriſt himſelf in Lib. 18 of his Antiquities, therefore Jerom listed up his Name …
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… was a Jew; but alſo and more eſpecially, becauſe he ſpeaks ſo Highly and HonourablyHonorably of Chriſt himſelf in Lib. 18 of his Antiquities, therefore Jerom listed up his Name …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 736 · Open in the reader
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… by the Devils, who carryed him down into Hell, as the Angels had moſt HonourablyHonorably handed Lazarus into Heaven. The Glutton, while he was Alive, ſeemed to be ſet …
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… by the Devils, who carryed him down into Hell, as the Angels had moſt HonourablyHonorably handed Lazarus into Heaven. The Glutton, while he was Alive, ſeemed to be ſet …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 155 · Open in the reader

Canterburys Doom A56144

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… to adviſe him in his Anſwer thereunto; And that your Lordſhips will be further HonourablyHonorably pleaſed to inlarge your Petitioner in the time allotted for his Anſwer,
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… to adviſe him in his Anſwer thereunto; And that your Lordſhips will be further HonourablyHonorably pleaſed to inlarge your Petitioner in the time allotted for his Anſwer,
William Prynne · Canterburys Doom · p. 42 · Open in the reader

A Pattern for All A79008

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… eſpecially for Noble and Honourable Perſons, To teach them how to die Nobly and HonourablyHonorably. Delivered in a SERMON Preached at the ſolemne interment of the corps OF THE …
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… eſpecially for Noble and Honourable Perſons, To teach them how to die Nobly and HonourablyHonorably. Delivered in a SERMON Preached at the ſolemne interment of the corps OF THE …
Edmund Calamy · A Pattern for All · Open in the reader

A Complete Body of Divinity N02384

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2. BY ſpeaking HonourablyHonorably of them, and defending their Reputation. We ought to be tender of every Man's …
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2. BY ſpeaking HonourablyHonorably of them, and defending their Reputation. We ought to be tender of every Man's …
Samuel Willard · A Complete Body of Divinity · p. 640 · Open in the reader
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… the due Charity to the Needy. Whereas this is the way to live Honeſtly, HonourablyHonorably and Comfortably.
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… the due Charity to the Needy. Whereas this is the way to live Honeſtly, HonourablyHonorably and Comfortably.
Samuel Willard · A Complete Body of Divinity · p. 709 · Open in the reader