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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4403 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

oyntmentointment

ie for a final y, y for i: mercie → mercy, tyme → time.

Puritas changed it
1,918 times in 815 works
Consistency
100% (1,918 of 1,918)
Reach if approved
~2,016 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: ointment
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,919 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,918 changes in 815 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,918)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … than wine; becauſe of the ſavour of thy good oyntmentointment, thy Name is an oyntmentointment powred forth, therefore doe the Virgins love thee. Every poore ſinfull creature, thou that …
    With rule
    … than wine; becauſe of the ſavour of thy good oyntmentointment, thy Name is an oyntmentointment powred forth, therefore doe the Virgins love thee. Every poore ſinfull creature, thou that …

    Thomas Hooker · The Souls Vocation · p. 221 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … oyle was powred on Chriſts head in ſo plentifull a manner that like the oyntmentointment powred on Aarons head, it went downe to the skirts of his garment. Pſal …
    With rule
    … oyle was powred on Chriſts head in ſo plentifull a manner that like the oyntmentointment powred on Aarons head, it went downe to the skirts of his garment. Pſal …

    Benjamin King · The Marriage of the Lamb · p. 78 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … these miserable mischeeuances. Blessing comes vpon our good names, which is as a pretious oyntmentointment, for our Reputations would be tainted by the stinking Flies of Aegypt, if the …
    With rule
    … these miserable mischeeuances. Blessing comes vpon our good names, which is as a pretious oyntmentointment, for our Reputations would be tainted by the stinking Flies of Aegypt, if the …

    William Loe · A Still Voice · p. 24 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … a part for the whole ſignifieth appointing to an office, whereof oyle or the oyntmentointment was a ſigne, ſignifying that as many ſpices went to make that oyle, ſo …
    With rule
    … a part for the whole ſignifieth appointing to an office, whereof oyle or the oyntmentointment was a ſigne, ſignifying that as many ſpices went to make that oyle, ſo …

    George Estey · Expositions Upon Divers Parts of Scripture · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … downe, or heard his Fathers voyce from heauen, or mistooke the smell of the oyntmentointment that was poured vpon him, or the tast of the wine that he consecrated …
    With rule
    … downe, or heard his Fathers voyce from heauen, or mistooke the smell of the oyntmentointment that was poured vpon him, or the tast of the wine that he consecrated …

    Thomas Gataker · Discussion of the Popish Doctrine of Transubstantiation · p. 157 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … a man may ſooner keepe in the winde with his fiſte, or ſtay the oyntmentointment of his right hand from bewraying it ſelfe (as it is Prou. 27. 16) then not …
    With rule
    … a man may ſooner keepe in the winde with his fiſte, or ſtay the oyntmentointment of his right hand from bewraying it ſelfe (as it is Prou. 27. 16) then not …

    Henry Finch · Exposition of the Song of Solomon · p. 89 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … betwixt your ſelves: this is a fruit of the higheſt wiſedome, like a precious oyntmentointment in Gods noſtrils, a ſingular ſweetning of your mutuall converſation, commerce, and communication, a …
    With rule
    … betwixt your ſelves: this is a fruit of the higheſt wiſedome, like a precious oyntmentointment in Gods noſtrils, a ſingular ſweetning of your mutuall converſation, commerce, and communication, a …

    Alexander Grosse · Deaths Deliverance and Elijahs Fiery Chariot · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … theft to treason, from treason to murder; for since hee could not get the OyntmentOintment bestowed on Christ, he meanes to get Christ himselfe: and to this purpose goes …
    With rule
    … theft to treason, from treason to murder; for since hee could not get the OyntmentOintment bestowed on Christ, he meanes to get Christ himselfe: and to this purpose goes …

    Thomas Adams · The White Devil · p. 57 · 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.