Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #50055 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

pheniciansPhoenicians

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

Puritas changed it: 671 times in 51 works
Consistency: 99.7% (671 of 673)
Reach if approved: ~707 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: phoenicians
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 673 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (671 changes in 51 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 671)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… to be two diuers places: and that the Philistims host was so large, the PheniciansPhoenicians and other nations assisting them, as Iosephus saith, that the one part beeing in …
With rule
… to be two diuers places: and that the Philistims host was so large, the PheniciansPhoenicians and other nations assisting them, as Iosephus saith, that the one part beeing in …
Andrew Willet · Harmony Upon 2 Samuel · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and the Philoſophers who receiued thoſe thinges firſt of the Hebrues, and of the PheniciansPhoenicians neere borderers to the Hebrues: whiche thei haue written concernyng the beeginnyng of the …
With rule
… and the Philoſophers who receiued thoſe thinges firſt of the Hebrues, and of the PheniciansPhoenicians neere borderers to the Hebrues: whiche thei haue written concernyng the beeginnyng of the …
Lambert Daneau · The Wonderful Workmanship of the World · p. 42 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that which is given for the confirmation of a promiſſe; and particularly among the PheniciansPhoenicians, (whence the Grecians ſeem to have derived the word,) it notes earneſt-money. So …
With rule
… that which is given for the confirmation of a promiſſe; and particularly among the PheniciansPhoenicians, (whence the Grecians ſeem to have derived the word,) it notes earneſt-money. So …
Theophilus Gale · The Anatomy of Infidelity · p. 190 · Open in the reader
Printed
The PheniciansPhoenicians write as all the Eastern Nations, from the right hand to the left: the …
With rule
The PheniciansPhoenicians write as all the Eastern Nations, from the right hand to the left: the …
Edward Leigh · A Fit Conjucture of Religion and Learning · p. 41 · Open in the reader
Printed
… averreth the Colchi for this to be of the Aegyptian race, and that the PheniciansPhoenicians and Syrians of Palaestina learned from them that rite; and though some have judged …
With rule
… averreth the Colchi for this to be of the Aegyptian race, and that the PheniciansPhoenicians and Syrians of Palaestina learned from them that rite; and though some have judged …
Thomas Thorowgood · The Jews Now in America · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by Virgil, Curetum allabimur oras: So they were called Cretenſes, theſe came of the PheniciansPhoenicians or Philistins; Creta was a Colonie belonging to them, ſee Act. 27.12. Phenice which is …
With rule
… by Virgil, Curetum allabimur oras: So they were called Cretenſes, theſe came of the PheniciansPhoenicians or Philistins; Creta was a Colonie belonging to them, ſee Act. 27.12. Phenice which is …
John Weemes · Exposition of the Laws of Moses · p. 166 · Open in the reader
Printed
… so to boast of her antiquity above all others, as founded by the ancient PheniciansPhoenicians, beyond the memory of records? now, shee shall be pulled low enough, for her …
With rule
… so to boast of her antiquity above all others, as founded by the ancient PheniciansPhoenicians, beyond the memory of records? now, shee shall be pulled low enough, for her …
Joseph Hall · Paraphrase of the Hard Texts of Scripture · p. 317 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of Iewrie sayth, that Moyses taught letters to the Iewes; the Iewes to the PheniciansPhoenicians; and the PheniciansPhoenicians to the Greekes by Cadmus. And so by that reckoning, Moyses …
With rule
… of Iewrie sayth, that Moyses taught letters to the Iewes; the Iewes to the PheniciansPhoenicians; and the PheniciansPhoenicians to the Greekes by Cadmus. And so by that reckoning, Moyses …
Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 410 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

1 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.

The Court of the Gentiles A85480

Printed
PHeniciansPhoenicians in Cyprus, Citium, &c. 47, 48
With rule
PHeniciansPhoenicians in Cyprus, Citium, &c. 47, 48
Theophilus Gale · The Court of the Gentiles · Open in the reader