Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #50048 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

gnosticksGnostics

Proper names whose form changes beyond mechanical spelling: Ionas → Jonah. Approve one at a time.

Puritas changed it: 692 times in 281 works
Consistency: 99.8% (692 of 693)
Reach if approved: ~729 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: gnostics
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 694 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (692 changes in 281 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 692)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… even ſo early, begun to creep into the Church: Whether ſpecially thoſe of the GnoſticksGnostics, or any other, I determine not.
With rule
… even ſo early, begun to creep into the Church: Whether ſpecially thoſe of the GnoſticksGnostics, or any other, I determine not.
John Billingsley · Sermon Preached 10 January 1699 · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by it, They ſwell with this winde, as thoſe in antiquity that were called GnoſticksGnostics, becauſe of the knowledge they gloried in, but this light may be and often …
With rule
… by it, They ſwell with this winde, as thoſe in antiquity that were called GnoſticksGnostics, becauſe of the knowledge they gloried in, but this light may be and often …
Anthony Burgess · One-Hundred Forty-Five Sermons Upon John 17 · p. 75 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Iren. lib. 1. Ca. 25. From theſe, and eſpecially from Menander and the Nicholaitans, proceeded the GnoſticksGnostics, though not under that name til afterward. Theſe vaunted of all knowledge, & held Plato …
With rule
… Iren. lib. 1. Ca. 25. From theſe, and eſpecially from Menander and the Nicholaitans, proceeded the GnoſticksGnostics, though not under that name til afterward. Theſe vaunted of all knowledge, & held Plato …
Alexander Gill · The Sacred Philosophy of the Holy Scripture · p. 36 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Marcellina, began the worſhipping of the Images of Chriſt, Paul, Homer, Pythagoras. The filthy GnoſticksGnostics worſhipped the Image of Chriſt and are therefore condemned of Ireneus▪ Irene a moſt …
With rule
… Marcellina, began the worſhipping of the Images of Chriſt, Paul, Homer, Pythagoras. The filthy GnoſticksGnostics worſhipped the Image of Chriſt and are therefore condemned of Ireneus▪ Irene a moſt …
John Mayer · The English Catechism Explained · p. 216 · Open in the reader
Printed
… better for what they gather . The former are no better then the old hatefull GnoſticksGnostics; the latter only deſerue the name of Chriſtians, and ſhall be bleſſed . A good …
With rule
… better for what they gather . The former are no better then the old hatefull GnoſticksGnostics; the latter only deſerue the name of Chriſtians, and ſhall be bleſſed . A good …
Cornelius Burges · A Chain of Graces Drawn Out for Reformation of Manners · p. 80 · Open in the reader
Printed
… faithful to the true Faith did of old name with detestation the Ebionites, Cerinthians, GnosticksGnostics; Valentinians, Basilidians, Manichees▪ Priscilianists, and Arians, Sabellians, Paulinists, &c. And since the Reformation, the …
With rule
… faithful to the true Faith did of old name with detestation the Ebionites, Cerinthians, GnosticksGnostics; Valentinians, Basilidians, Manichees▪ Priscilianists, and Arians, Sabellians, Paulinists, &c. And since the Reformation, the …
Richard Baxter · Catholic Communion Doubly Defended by Dr Owen · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and when the Bishops about him being bad men, to get down the Priscillian GnosticksGnostics (worse than our Quakers) did, 1. Seek help of the Magistrate's Sword; 2. And bring strict …
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… and when the Bishops about him being bad men, to get down the Priscillian GnosticksGnostics (worse than our Quakers) did, 1. Seek help of the Magistrate's Sword; 2. And bring strict …
Richard Baxter · The English Nonconformity Under King Charles II and James II · p. 212 · Open in the reader
Printed
… like unto that (if not the same in Iude) which was made by the GnosticksGnostics, and which Iames opposeth in his Epistle, rather than any which the Scripture any …
With rule
… like unto that (if not the same in Iude) which was made by the GnosticksGnostics, and which Iames opposeth in his Epistle, rather than any which the Scripture any …
Richard Baxter · Baxters Narrative of His Life and Times · p. 96 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.