Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27330 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvidowswidows

Two v's (or u's) for w: vvhich → which.

Puritas changed it: 17 times in 13 works
Consistency: 100% (17 of 17)
Reach if approved: ~18 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: widows
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 17 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (17 changes in 13 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 17)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… well, but now Let us think on the Poor, that ſit ſhivering over a VVidowsWidows Fire! that are but thin clad, and worſe Fed, and have thoſe two Powerful …
With rule
… well, but now Let us think on the Poor, that ſit ſhivering over a VVidowsWidows Fire! that are but thin clad, and worſe Fed, and have thoſe two Powerful …
Cotton Mather · Winter Meditations · p. 69 · Open in the reader
Printed
… I dispute not, seeing Gods Spirit calleth her so. We can easily yield that VVidowsWidows of sixty yeares entring to this service did vow not to marrie againe; so …
With rule
… I dispute not, seeing Gods Spirit calleth her so. We can easily yield that VVidowsWidows of sixty yeares entring to this service did vow not to marrie againe; so …
Samuel Rutherford · The Due Right of Presbyteries · p. 173 · Open in the reader
Printed
The duty of VVidowsWidows is either,
With rule
The duty of VVidowsWidows is either,
Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 735 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Prayers; ſo do Hypocrites, and ſo did the hypocritical Scribes and Phariſees, oft devouring VVidowsWidows houſes under thoſe pretences. They have undergone ſevere penances, and grievouſly afflicted themselves; ſo …
With rule
… Prayers; ſo do Hypocrites, and ſo did the hypocritical Scribes and Phariſees, oft devouring VVidowsWidows houſes under thoſe pretences. They have undergone ſevere penances, and grievouſly afflicted themselves; ſo …
George Wither · Meditations Upon the Lords Prayer · p. 72 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Proof of the Point, we may ſee, 1 Tim. 5. 5. there the Apoſtle ſpeaking of VVidowsWidows that lived in pleaſure, ſaith, She that liveth … pleaſure, is dead while ſhe is …
With rule
… the Proof of the Point, we may ſee, 1 Tim. 5. 5. there the Apoſtle ſpeaking of VVidowsWidows that lived in pleaſure, ſaith, She that liveth … pleaſure, is dead while ſhe is …
William Fenner · The Continuation of Christs Alarm to Drowsy Saints · p. 4 · Open in the reader
Printed
Two Maries VVidowsWidows left, Barnsby the last
With rule
Two Maries VVidowsWidows left, Barnsby the last
Samuel Clarke · The Lives of Sundry Eminent Persons · p. 59 · Open in the reader
Printed
… were multiplied, there aroſe a Murmuring of the Grecians againſt the Hebrews, becauſe their VVidowsWidows were neglected in the daily Miniſtrations. In Multitudes Corruptions will multiply. This made the …
With rule
… were multiplied, there aroſe a Murmuring of the Grecians againſt the Hebrews, becauſe their VVidowsWidows were neglected in the daily Miniſtrations. In Multitudes Corruptions will multiply. This made the …
John Collinges · The Weavers Pocket-Book · p. 162 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Proof of the Point, we may ſee. 1 Tim. 5.5. there the Apoſtle ſpeaking of VVidowsWidows that lived in pleaſure, ſaith, She that liveth in pleaſure, is dead while ſhe …
With rule
… the Proof of the Point, we may ſee. 1 Tim. 5.5. there the Apoſtle ſpeaking of VVidowsWidows that lived in pleaſure, ſaith, She that liveth in pleaſure, is dead while ſhe …
William Fenner · Remains · p. 4 · 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.