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Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #236 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

diuisiondivision

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

Puritas changed it
1,820 times in 441 works
Consistency
100% (1,820 of 1,820)
Reach if approved
~1,917 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: division
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,824 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,820 changes in 441 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,820)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    Contrariwiſe ſinne the cauſe of diuiſiondivision between God & vs, and the only impediment and hindraunce of his carefulnes and prouidence.
    With rule
    Contrariwiſe ſinne the cauſe of diuiſiondivision between God & vs, and the only impediment and hindraunce of his carefulnes and prouidence.

    Laurence Humphrey · A View of the Romish Hydra · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    In this diuiſiondivision wee are charged twoo thinges. Firſt, that to perfect obedience of the Lawe, we …
    With rule
    In this diuiſiondivision wee are charged twoo thinges. Firſt, that to perfect obedience of the Lawe, we …

    Dudley Fenner · Brief Treatise Upon the First Table of the Law · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    Anarchie is the mother of diuisiondivision, the stepmother of peace. While the State of Italy wants a King, all runnes …
    With rule
    Anarchie is the mother of diuisiondivision, the stepmother of peace. While the State of Italy wants a King, all runnes …

    Thomas Adams · The City of Peace · p. 123 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … in Englande, is not so great, nor about so great matters, that any such diuisiondivision is to be feared, which might cause desolation of the kingdome. Adde hereunto that …
    With rule
    … in Englande, is not so great, nor about so great matters, that any such diuisiondivision is to be feared, which might cause desolation of the kingdome. Adde hereunto that …

    William Fulke · A Retentive to Stay Good Christians · p. 129 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … to persecute, to reproch and blaspheme the Gospell, which pulleth them downe, to set diuisiondivision and warres between kingdoms and kings, hatred and discord betweén man and wife, and …
    With rule
    … to persecute, to reproch and blaspheme the Gospell, which pulleth them downe, to set diuisiondivision and warres between kingdoms and kings, hatred and discord betweén man and wife, and …

    George Gifford · Dialogue Concerning Witches and Witchcrafts · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … ſignifie, viſibilis coeli ſciſſura…, ita vt Iohannes perſpicere potuit, aliquid planetis & austris ſuperius: the diuiſiondivision of the viſible heauens, whereby Iohn ſaw ſomthing higher than the Planets and Starres …
    With rule
    … ſignifie, viſibilis coeli ſciſſura…, ita vt Iohannes perſpicere potuit, aliquid planetis & austris ſuperius: the diuiſiondivision of the viſible heauens, whereby Iohn ſaw ſomthing higher than the Planets and Starres …

    Henry Greenwood · Works · p. 28 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … where. In the church of Rome were many alterations about the election, much strife, & diuisiondivision was for the Papacie, betwixt Liberius and Felix, Damasus, & Urcisinus, Bonifacius & Eulalius, Simachus and …
    With rule
    … where. In the church of Rome were many alterations about the election, much strife, & diuisiondivision was for the Papacie, betwixt Liberius and Felix, Damasus, & Urcisinus, Bonifacius & Eulalius, Simachus and …

    John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · p. 74 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … summarily set downe our Sauiours returne into Galile. But before we come to the diuisiondivision of the Text, and the handling of the seuerall parts of it, one doubt …
    With rule
    … summarily set downe our Sauiours returne into Galile. But before we come to the diuisiondivision of the Text, and the handling of the seuerall parts of it, one doubt …

    Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · p. 350 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.