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shauingshaving

u and v used by position, not sound: haue → have, vnto → unto.

Puritas changed it
122 times in 60 works
Consistency
94.5% (122 of 129)
Reach if approved
~136 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: shaving
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
129 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (122 changes in 60 works, 94.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 122)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … dissenting from the Sea of Rome, only in the paschall obseruation and manner of shauingshaving, pag. 72.
    With rule
    … dissenting from the Sea of Rome, only in the paschall obseruation and manner of shauingshaving, pag. 72.

    Andrew Willet · An Antilogy · p. 180 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … of hands and prayer, the onely meanes of conſecration in thoſe times, before your ſhauingshaving and greaſing was heard of in the Church?
    With rule
    … of hands and prayer, the onely meanes of conſecration in thoſe times, before your ſhauingshaving and greaſing was heard of in the Church?

    Anthony Wotton · A Trial of the Romish Clergys Title to the Church · p. 411 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … clergie to be ye first order of al, & Bishoprike the last: other some excluding shauingshaving altogether, recken Archebishoprike among the orders. I sidore otherwise diuideth them? For he maketh …
    With rule
    … clergie to be ye first order of al, & Bishoprike the last: other some excluding shauingshaving altogether, recken Archebishoprike among the orders. I sidore otherwise diuideth them? For he maketh …

    John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · p. 155 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … Maryes bleſſing with two fingers, annoynting, annoyling, abſoluing, knéeling knocking, whipping, crouching, kiſſing, croſſing, ſhauingshaving, greaſing, and ten thouſand ſuch trickets moe. I appeale to the iudgement of the …
    With rule
    … Maryes bleſſing with two fingers, annoynting, annoyling, abſoluing, knéeling knocking, whipping, crouching, kiſſing, croſſing, ſhauingshaving, greaſing, and ten thouſand ſuch trickets moe. I appeale to the iudgement of the …

    Arthur Dent · The Opening of Heaven Gates · p. 110 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … crowne, or as other tranſlate, it a ſeperatiion. But contrarilye the Papiſtes call theyr ſhauingshaving of the head a crowne: ſo do they peruerte all thinges as they liſte …
    With rule
    … crowne, or as other tranſlate, it a ſeperatiion. But contrarilye the Papiſtes call theyr ſhauingshaving of the head a crowne: ſo do they peruerte all thinges as they liſte …

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentaries · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … marke of the beast, which is not only the outwarde signe of their head, shauingshaving and anointing of theyr fingers, but also the inwarde prynte of their consciences, receyued …
    With rule
    … marke of the beast, which is not only the outwarde signe of their head, shauingshaving and anointing of theyr fingers, but also the inwarde prynte of their consciences, receyued …

    John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … nakednes in thoſe that aſcend to the Altar of the Lord; and forbid the ſhauingshaving away of any ornament of their head, who are to ſtand in the preſence …
    With rule
    … nakednes in thoſe that aſcend to the Altar of the Lord; and forbid the ſhauingshaving away of any ornament of their head, who are to ſtand in the preſence …

    Robert Parker · Against Symbolizing with Antichrist in Ceremonies · p. 77 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … lying in the wind for aduantage, might ſay, I ſee Samſon is condemned for ſhauingshaving of his lockes, therefore long haire is no ſuch blameworthy habite, as ſome would …
    With rule
    … lying in the wind for aduantage, might ſay, I ſee Samſon is condemned for ſhauingshaving of his lockes, therefore long haire is no ſuch blameworthy habite, as ſome would …

    Richard Rogers · Commentary on Judges · p. 757 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

7 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.

Showing the Necessity of Conformity A12800

  • Printed
    … they can imagine ours, namely in number] for they were diuers, namely circumciſion, Acts 16. 3. ShauingShaving the head, Acts 18. 18. & 21. 24. Purifying, Acts 21. 24. 26. Vowing, Acts 18. 18. & 21. 23. Contributing, Acts 21. 24. Offering ſacrifices for the perſons …
    With rule
    … they can imagine ours, namely in number] for they were diuers, namely circumciſion, Acts 16. 3. ShauingShaving the head, Acts 18. 18. & 21. 24. Purifying, Acts 21. 24. 26. Vowing, Acts 18. 18. & 21. 23. Contributing, Acts 21. 24. Offering ſacrifices for the perſons …

    John Sprint · Showing the Necessity of Conformity · p. 4 · Open in the reader

Harmony Upon 2 Samuel A15403

  • Printed
    ShauingShaving.
    With rule
    ShauingShaving.

    Andrew Willet · Harmony Upon 2 Samuel · Open in the reader

Pseudo-Martyr A20647

  • Printed
    … Comam Nutriant nec barbam, by occasion whereof, many subsequent orders were brought in, for ShauingShaving, and transgressors seuerely punish'd, it appeares that he left out in the end, the …
    With rule
    … Comam Nutriant nec barbam, by occasion whereof, many subsequent orders were brought in, for ShauingShaving, and transgressors seuerely punish'd, it appeares that he left out in the end, the …

    John Donne · Pseudo-Martyr · p. 275 · Open in the reader

Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 A67927

  • Printed
    ShauingShaving of crownes why vsed of Priestes and Religious men. 364
    With rule
    ShauingShaving of crownes why vsed of Priestes and Religious men. 364

    John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

  • Printed
    … Pall, and ſuch other traſh; and our inferiours Orders haue wanted G…eazing and ShauingShaving, and ſome other pelting Ceremonies. But let C. E. proue theſe eſſentiall which we …
    With rule
    … Pall, and ſuch other traſh; and our inferiours Orders haue wanted G…eazing and ShauingShaving, and ſome other pelting Ceremonies. But let C. E. proue theſe eſſentiall which we …

    Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 738 · Open in the reader

Commentaries A68840

  • Printed
    ShauingShaving of heades. 201. b
    With rule
    ShauingShaving of heades. 201. b

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentaries · Open in the reader

A Hundred Sermons on Revelation B11837

  • Printed
    ShauingShaving popiſh. 261
    With rule
    ShauingShaving popiſh. 261

    Henrich Bullinger · A Hundred Sermons on Revelation · Open in the reader