Waiting for reviewi / jCandidate #26820 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

deiectiondejection

i standing for j: Iesus → Jesus, iudge → judge.

Puritas changed it: 118 times in 64 works
Consistency: 95.1% (118 of 124)
Reach if approved: ~130 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: dejection
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 124 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (118 changes in 64 works, 95.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 118)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… due to him, makes himselfe (not of little, but) of no reputation. Here was deiectiondejection; yea here was reiection. Let him be layd in his poore cradle, the Bethlemites …
With rule
… due to him, makes himselfe (not of little, but) of no reputation. Here was deiectiondejection; yea here was reiection. Let him be layd in his poore cradle, the Bethlemites …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 165 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not therefor detest nor ahbore Christs simple veritie but being prouoked by that fall & deiectiondejection of others, with great solicitude and care, we call for the assistance of gods …
With rule
… not therefor detest nor ahbore Christs simple veritie but being prouoked by that fall & deiectiondejection of others, with great solicitude and care, we call for the assistance of gods …
John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 285 · Open in the reader
Printed
… doth write bitter things against a man, it is not a iust cause of deiectiondejection: for this is a signe that God is beginning a good worke in thee …
With rule
… doth write bitter things against a man, it is not a iust cause of deiectiondejection: for this is a signe that God is beginning a good worke in thee …
John Preston · The New Covenant · p. 163 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and ſometime a iudge) did much comfort him amidſt other occaſions of griefe and deiectiondejection: His onely requitall were holy praiers for your happineſſe, which he forgat not in …
With rule
… and ſometime a iudge) did much comfort him amidſt other occaſions of griefe and deiectiondejection: His onely requitall were holy praiers for your happineſſe, which he forgat not in …
Henry Airay · Lectures Upon Philippians · Open in the reader
Printed
… more stirre vp the people to deuotion, he performeth all ceremonies of debasing and deiectiondejection. He who sate in his maiestie before, now ariseth vp as forsaking it: he …
With rule
… more stirre vp the people to deuotion, he performeth all ceremonies of debasing and deiectiondejection. He who sate in his maiestie before, now ariseth vp as forsaking it: he …
Archbishop George Abbot · Sermons on Jonah · p. 422 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vnreproachable witnesses; Vbi iste libellus? Hath thy bill such witnesses? who be they? Inordinate deiectiondejection of spirit, irreligious sadnesse; Iealousie of the anger, distrustfulnesse of the mercy, diffidence in …
With rule
… vnreproachable witnesses; Vbi iste libellus? Hath thy bill such witnesses? who be they? Inordinate deiectiondejection of spirit, irreligious sadnesse; Iealousie of the anger, distrustfulnesse of the mercy, diffidence in …
John Donne · Sermon Preached to the King 24 February 1625 · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
… exalting of the childe, is the deiecting of the Dragon from heauen: and the deiectiondejection of the Dragon, is the vptaking of the child. Satan is ſaid to be …
With rule
… exalting of the childe, is the deiecting of the Dragon from heauen: and the deiectiondejection of the Dragon, is the vptaking of the child. Satan is ſaid to be …
Patrick Forbes · Commentary Upon Revelation · p. 106 · Open in the reader
Printed
Thirdly, the lifting vp of the heart preſuppoſeth a former deiectiondejection of his ſoule: The ſoule of man is preſſed downe with ſinne, a … with …
With rule
Thirdly, the lifting vp of the heart preſuppoſeth a former deiectiondejection of his ſoule: The ſoule of man is preſſed downe with ſinne, a … with …
Archibald Simson · Exposition of Psalm 25 · p. 92 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Five Sermons 1 A20641

Printed
… and, vpon our Death-beds, wee are likelyer to be attempted with ſinnes of DeiectionDejection, then of preſumption. And ſo, (though in a Court,) if you will be content …
With rule
… and, vpon our Death-beds, wee are likelyer to be attempted with ſinnes of DeiectionDejection, then of preſumption. And ſo, (though in a Court,) if you will be content …
John Donne · Five Sermons 1 · p. 28 · Open in the reader

Sermon Preached to the King 24 February 1625 A20650

Printed
… and, vpon our Death-beds, wee are likelyer to be attempted with sinnes of DeiectionDejection, then of presumption. And so, (though in a Court,) if you will be content …
With rule
… and, vpon our Death-beds, wee are likelyer to be attempted with sinnes of DeiectionDejection, then of presumption. And so, (though in a Court,) if you will be content …
John Donne · Sermon Preached to the King 24 February 1625 · p. 28 · Open in the reader