Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #50203 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

musitianMusician

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

Puritas changed it: 339 times in 140 works
Consistency: 93.6% (339 of 362)
Reach if approved: ~380 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: musician
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 362 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (339 changes in 140 works, 93.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 339)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Pray continually. As Eliſha would not prophecie vntill the MuſitianMusician came, and while the MuſitianMusician played Eliſha prophecied: ſo when the heart reioyceth in God, then it is fitteſt …
With rule
… Pray continually. As Eliſha would not prophecie vntill the MuſitianMusician came, and while the MuſitianMusician played Eliſha prophecied: ſo when the heart reioyceth in God, then it is fitteſt …
Henry Smith · Sermons in One Volume · p. 858 · Open in the reader
Printed
… further to insist in this similitude, a woman should herein be like vnto a MusitianMusician, which not pleasing himselfe in his owne voice, soundeth out the harmony by the …
With rule
… further to insist in this similitude, a woman should herein be like vnto a MusitianMusician, which not pleasing himselfe in his owne voice, soundeth out the harmony by the …
Andrew Willet · Solomons Marriage · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
1 AS the MuſitianMusician with the ſoft ſtriking of ſtrings doth pleaſe vs: So the Talke that is …
With rule
1 AS the MuſitianMusician with the ſoft ſtriking of ſtrings doth pleaſe vs: So the Talke that is …
Robert Cawdrey · A Treasury of Similes · p. 750 · Open in the reader
Printed
The MuſitianMusician hee will wind up his ſtrings to the height, it makes then the ſweeteſt …
With rule
The MuſitianMusician hee will wind up his ſtrings to the height, it makes then the ſweeteſt …
Samuel Bolton · A Tossed Ship Making to Safe Harbor · p. 138 · Open in the reader
Printed
… government of it? The right ſtringing an inſtrument is more trouble to a skilful MuſitianMusician, then the tripping over the ſtrings afterwards to make an harmony. What difficulty can …
With rule
… government of it? The right ſtringing an inſtrument is more trouble to a skilful MuſitianMusician, then the tripping over the ſtrings afterwards to make an harmony. What difficulty can …
Stephen Charnock · A Treatise of Divine Providence · p. 14 · Open in the reader
Printed
… eſcaped, though vehemently accuſed, the Cardinal pleading for him, that he was but a MuſitianMusician, though afterward he repented to have ſet Tunes to ſo many Popiſh ditties.
With rule
… eſcaped, though vehemently accuſed, the Cardinal pleading for him, that he was but a MuſitianMusician, though afterward he repented to have ſet Tunes to ſo many Popiſh ditties.
William Gearing · The History of the Church of Great Britain · p. 143 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of muſick, but ſuch onely, as at that inſtant pleaſeth their humour, which the MuſitianMusician playes long many times before he can find out, or light vpon, and ſometyme …
With rule
… of muſick, but ſuch onely, as at that inſtant pleaſeth their humour, which the MuſitianMusician playes long many times before he can find out, or light vpon, and ſometyme …
John Bastwick · Answer to Exceptions Against His Litany Part 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… strings, and they all brought into one harmony, we would say that some skilfull MusitianMusician had the tuning of it; and when we looke into the world, and see …
With rule
… strings, and they all brought into one harmony, we would say that some skilfull MusitianMusician had the tuning of it; and when we looke into the world, and see …
John Preston · Sermons · p. 68 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (23)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 18 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs A11649

Printed
… wherefore Elisha the Prophet, when he was moved against King Iehoram, called for a musitianMusician, who when hee played, the hand of the Lord came upon the Prophet, 2 King …
With rule
… wherefore Elisha the Prophet, when he was moved against King Iehoram, called for a musitianMusician, who when hee played, the hand of the Lord came upon the Prophet, 2 King …
Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 102 · Open in the reader

The Bright Morning Star A12551

Printed
… it was committed to be kept, ſet, and ſong: who is called the maſter muſitianMusician.
With rule
… it was committed to be kept, ſet, and ſong: who is called the maſter muſitianMusician.
John Smyth · The Bright Morning Star · p. 2 · Open in the reader

A Worthy Communicant A21060

Printed
… eare as may try theſe words whether they be true or not. A good muſitianMusician had neede to have a good eare, and a good Chriſtian hath neede of …
With rule
… eare as may try theſe words whether they be true or not. A good muſitianMusician had neede to have a good eare, and a good Chriſtian hath neede of …
Jeremiah Dyke · A Worthy Communicant · p. 287 · Open in the reader

The Annals of the World A64619

Printed
… gifts and beauty, offered their service to him. Anaxenor also an harper, Xuthus a musitianMusician, Metrodorus a dancer, and all the Asian comicks and kickshaws crept into the Court …
With rule
… gifts and beauty, offered their service to him. Anaxenor also an harper, Xuthus a musitianMusician, Metrodorus a dancer, and all the Asian comicks and kickshaws crept into the Court …
James Ussher · The Annals of the World · p. 708 · Open in the reader

The Divine Right of Church Government and Excommunication A92138

Printed
… Magiſtrate as intrinſecally unlawfull. Nor can the Church cenſure and rebuke husband, father, painter, muſitianMusician, &c. when they do right, and doe but fulfill their relations and callings, in …
With rule
… Magiſtrate as intrinſecally unlawfull. Nor can the Church cenſure and rebuke husband, father, painter, muſitianMusician, &c. when they do right, and doe but fulfill their relations and callings, in …
Samuel Rutherford · The Divine Right of Church Government and Excommunication · p. 617 · Open in the reader