Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #50300 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ʋnctionUnction

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

Puritas changed it: 229 times in 116 works
Consistency: 100% (229 of 229)
Reach if approved: ~252 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 240 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (229 changes in 116 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 229)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Melchizedek, in Dignity Aaron, in Authority Moſes, in Iudgement Samuel, in Power Peter, & in ƲnctionUnction Chriſt. Here the very name Chriſt is giuen by S. Bernard to Pope Eugenius …
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… Melchizedek, in Dignity Aaron, in Authority Moſes, in Iudgement Samuel, in Power Peter, & in ƲnctionUnction Chriſt. Here the very name Chriſt is giuen by S. Bernard to Pope Eugenius …
Thomas Beard · Antichrist the Pope of Rome · p. 285 · Open in the reader
Printed
1. Miſſion: 2. his ƲnctionUnction. Page 138
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1. Miſſion: 2. his ƲnctionUnction. Page 138
Richard Breviter · The Mighty Christ the Saints Help · Open in the reader
Printed
… in writing, foreign, p. 271. We bleſs the Water in Baptiſm, and the Oyl uſed in ƲnctionUnction, and the Party alſo Baptized; but out of what Writings? They had no Prayers …
With rule
… in writing, foreign, p. 271. We bleſs the Water in Baptiſm, and the Oyl uſed in ƲnctionUnction, and the Party alſo Baptized; but out of what Writings? They had no Prayers …
David Clarkson · A Discourse Concerning Liturgies · p. 109 · Open in the reader
Printed
Holy] By Gods ſpecial and immediate ƲnctionUnction, and Conſecration of him to his office.
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Holy] By Gods ſpecial and immediate ƲnctionUnction, and Conſecration of him to his office.
Thomas Case · Mount Pisgah · p. 158 · Open in the reader
Printed
… like water to him that i… thirſty, as before we have ſeen. 'Tis that ƲnctionUnction which the holy one which Teacheth Chriſtians all things, or Leads them into all …
With rule
… like water to him that i… thirſty, as before we have ſeen. 'Tis that ƲnctionUnction which the holy one which Teacheth Chriſtians all things, or Leads them into all …
Thomas Grantham · A Sigh for Peace · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
… There are two abiding things in the Saints, their ƲnctionUnction and their Ʋnion: Their ƲnctionUnction abides, But the anointing which ye have received of him, abideth in you: 1 Joh …
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… There are two abiding things in the Saints, their ƲnctionUnction and their Ʋnion: Their ƲnctionUnction abides, But the anointing which ye have received of him, abideth in you: 1 Joh …
Thomas Jacombe · Sermons Preached on Romans 8 · p. 58 · Open in the reader
Printed
But ye have an ƲnctionUnction from the holy one. If we keep this Unction, we are ſure of this …
With rule
But ye have an ƲnctionUnction from the holy one. If we keep this Unction, we are ſure of this …
Edward Marbury · Commentary on Habakkuk · p. 154 · Open in the reader
Printed
… L. II. c. 8. Where he ſhows (cap. 9.) this is to be underſtood of his ƲnctionUnction alſo, which was to be by day, and not by night; and to be …
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… L. II. c. 8. Where he ſhows (cap. 9.) this is to be underſtood of his ƲnctionUnction alſo, which was to be by day, and not by night; and to be …
Simon Patrick · Commentary on Exodus · p. 585 · 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.