Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #50212 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

colosseColossae

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

Puritas changed it: 311 times in 146 works
Consistency: 98.4% (311 of 316)
Reach if approved: ~332 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: colosse
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 316 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (311 changes in 146 works, 98.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 311)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… diſciples, and which the Apoſtles exactly followed, in planting thoſe primitive Churches of Corinth, ColoſſeColossae, Epheſus, the 7 golden Candleſticks in Aſia, among whom Chriſt walked. &c. and which Paul …
With rule
… diſciples, and which the Apoſtles exactly followed, in planting thoſe primitive Churches of Corinth, ColoſſeColossae, Epheſus, the 7 golden Candleſticks in Aſia, among whom Chriſt walked. &c. and which Paul …
John Davenport · Reply to a Book · p. 236 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the World ever here this Doctrine before? When the Church at Ierusalem, Corinth, Cenchrea, ColosseColossae, Laodicea, &c. and the Churches in Iudea, Galatia, &c. are mentioned, when the Apostles …
With rule
… the World ever here this Doctrine before? When the Church at Ierusalem, Corinth, Cenchrea, ColosseColossae, Laodicea, &c. and the Churches in Iudea, Galatia, &c. are mentioned, when the Apostles …
Richard Baxter · The Defense of the Nonconformists Plea for Grace · p. 162 · Open in the reader
Printed
… manner, all Jewiſh Rites will be recalled, under new names. The queſtion ſtarted at ColoſſeColossae, was, not univerſally, wherein a Chriſtians perfection conſiſted; but wherein it conſiſted in point …
With rule
… manner, all Jewiſh Rites will be recalled, under new names. The queſtion ſtarted at ColoſſeColossae, was, not univerſally, wherein a Chriſtians perfection conſiſted; but wherein it conſiſted in point …
Christopher Blackwood · A Soul-Searching Catechism · p. 43 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Interpretation is not neceſſary. For the Apoſtle writing to the Church at Epheſus and ColoſſeColossae, yet doth not uſe that name, but ſpeaks in the general, To the Saints …
With rule
… Interpretation is not neceſſary. For the Apoſtle writing to the Church at Epheſus and ColoſſeColossae, yet doth not uſe that name, but ſpeaks in the general, To the Saints …
Anthony Burgess · An Expository Comment on 2 Corinthians 1 · p. 90 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a mans house, in such an eminent Christians house; as in the Church of ColosseColossae, there was Nymphies house. But in this case I like well of the judgement …
With rule
… a mans house, in such an eminent Christians house; as in the Church of ColosseColossae, there was Nymphies house. But in this case I like well of the judgement …
John Cotton · The Way of Life · p. 86 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the persecution. And it is to be remembred, that in Rome, Corinth, Ephesus, ColosseColossae, Philippi, Thessalonica, and such other Cities inhabited by Christians, there were moe Pastors then …
With rule
… of the persecution. And it is to be remembred, that in Rome, Corinth, Ephesus, ColosseColossae, Philippi, Thessalonica, and such other Cities inhabited by Christians, there were moe Pastors then …
George Gillespie · Dispute Against the English-Popish Ceremonies · p. 170 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Of these is the true Mummia. Not farre hence is that Sphynx, a huge ColosseColossae, with the head of a Maid, and bodie of a Lion, supposed by Bellonius …
With rule
… Of these is the true Mummia. Not farre hence is that Sphynx, a huge ColosseColossae, with the head of a Maid, and bodie of a Lion, supposed by Bellonius …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 472 · Open in the reader
Printed
… holy baptisme, sanctified by the sanctifying spirit. In a word, all the faithfull in ColosseColossae.
With rule
… holy baptisme, sanctified by the sanctifying spirit. In a word, all the faithfull in ColosseColossae.
John Boys · The Autumn Part from the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity · p. 204 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Truth Prevailing Against the Fiercest Opposition A48462

Printed
… Apoſtle write to the CHURCH of Corinth, and CHURCH at Rome, and Church at COLOSSECOLOSSAE, and the CHURCHES of Galatia, and were they not made up of baptiſed perſons.
With rule
… Apoſtle write to the CHURCH of Corinth, and CHURCH at Rome, and Church at COLOSSECOLOSSAE, and the CHURCHES of Galatia, and were they not made up of baptiſed perſons.
Thomas Lamb · Truth Prevailing Against the Fiercest Opposition · p. 100 · Open in the reader

The Annals of the World A64619

Printed
Caius repenting of the favour he had granted the Jews, commanded another colosseColossae to be built at Rome brazen and guilt, letting that alone at Sidon lest …
With rule
Caius repenting of the favour he had granted the Jews, commanded another colosseColossae to be built at Rome brazen and guilt, letting that alone at Sidon lest …
James Ussher · The Annals of the World · p. 865 · Open in the reader