Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #50327 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

macedonsMacedonians

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

Puritas changed it: 204 times in 13 works
Consistency: 100% (204 of 204)
Reach if approved: ~214 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 204 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (204 changes in 13 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 204)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… and in olde olde age of Demoſthenes tremblyng lykewyſe: whereas Demosthenes began neare Philip MacedonsMacedonians reigne, 26. yeeres afore Alexanders Monarchy: this man, and whole troupes of the lyke, woulde …
With rule
… and in olde olde age of Demoſthenes tremblyng lykewyſe: whereas Demosthenes began neare Philip MacedonsMacedonians reigne, 26. yeeres afore Alexanders Monarchy: this man, and whole troupes of the lyke, woulde …
Hugh Broughton · Order of the World · p. 25 · Open in the reader
Printed
Clitosophus, King Philip of MacedonsMacedonians Parasite, feigned himself lame because Philip had broke his leg, and used to writhe …
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Clitosophus, King Philip of MacedonsMacedonians Parasite, feigned himself lame because Philip had broke his leg, and used to writhe …
Samuel Clarke · A Mirror both for Saints and Sinners · p. 398 · Open in the reader
Printed
… behalf; if the blood had appeared outwardly, it had ſignifyed ill fortune to the MacedonsMacedonians, that were without: but for as much as it was within, it portended the …
With rule
… behalf; if the blood had appeared outwardly, it had ſignifyed ill fortune to the MacedonsMacedonians, that were without: but for as much as it was within, it portended the …
John Gaule · Histories of Visions Apparitions Prophecies Spirits Divinations · p. 313 · Open in the reader
Printed
… behalf; if the blood had appeared outwardly, it had ſignifyed ill fortune to the MacedonsMacedonians, that were without: but for as much as it was within, it portended the …
With rule
… behalf; if the blood had appeared outwardly, it had ſignifyed ill fortune to the MacedonsMacedonians, that were without: but for as much as it was within, it portended the …
John Gaule · The Magical-Astrological-Diviner Posed and Puzzled · p. 313 · Open in the reader
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The world hath made great reckoning of Alexāder the great his foelicity, Phillip of MacedonsMacedonians pollicy, Hercules fortitude, Iulius Caeſars bounty, Traians clemency, Marcus Aurelius wiſedome, Antonius Pius care …
With rule
The world hath made great reckoning of Alexāder the great his foelicity, Phillip of MacedonsMacedonians pollicy, Hercules fortitude, Iulius Caeſars bounty, Traians clemency, Marcus Aurelius wiſedome, Antonius Pius care …
Thomas Holland · Sermon 17 November 1599 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to haue lesse then fiue. Cyrus subdued them to the Persians, Alexander to the MacedonsMacedonians. What should we speake of the Parthians? who made Ecbatana their seat royal in …
With rule
… to haue lesse then fiue. Cyrus subdued them to the Persians, Alexander to the MacedonsMacedonians. What should we speake of the Parthians? who made Ecbatana their seat royal in …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 296 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by Nauocodroſor king of Babel, with king Sedekias children. And Ezra lived to Philip MacedonsMacedonians times, ſeeing he ſaw the Perſians later times: & by the record of his captivitie …
With rule
… by Nauocodroſor king of Babel, with king Sedekias children. And Ezra lived to Philip MacedonsMacedonians times, ſeeing he ſaw the Perſians later times: & by the record of his captivitie …
Hugh Broughton · An Advertisement of Corruption in our Handling of Religion · Open in the reader
Printed
… for if Lyſias were 63. before Athens fall, and a pleader for Iphicrates at Philip MacedonsMacedonians tyme, the diſtance can not be about 50. but rather leſſe then halfe. The Olympique …
With rule
… for if Lyſias were 63. before Athens fall, and a pleader for Iphicrates at Philip MacedonsMacedonians tyme, the diſtance can not be about 50. but rather leſſe then halfe. The Olympique …
Hugh Broughton · To Princess Elizabeth · 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.