Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #50422 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

magitiansMagicians

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

Puritas changed it: 161 times in 92 works
Consistency: 95.2% (161 of 169)
Reach if approved: ~178 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: magicians
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 169 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (161 changes in 92 works, 95.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 161)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… in God, but also in the creatures, namely Saints and Angels. Thus also do MagitiansMagicians, sorcerers, witches, inchaunters, whatsoeuer they doe, by a satanicall faith in that couenant which …
With rule
… in God, but also in the creatures, namely Saints and Angels. Thus also do MagitiansMagicians, sorcerers, witches, inchaunters, whatsoeuer they doe, by a satanicall faith in that couenant which …
William Perkins · How to Live Well · p. 65 · Open in the reader
Printed
Firſt, from the oracles or impoſtures of MagitiansMagicians and fortune tellers, that declare to thoſe who unwarrantably ſeeke to them for knowledge …
With rule
Firſt, from the oracles or impoſtures of MagitiansMagicians and fortune tellers, that declare to thoſe who unwarrantably ſeeke to them for knowledge …
John Sym · Lifes Preservative Against Self-Killing · p. 202 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Nicene Councill, for to ſtabliſh their tyranny. Furthermore afterward Simoniacks, Homicides, Atheiſts, moſt wicked MagitiansMagicians, moſt foule Adulterers, and teachers of all uncleane luſts: finally covered with all thoſe …
With rule
… Nicene Councill, for to ſtabliſh their tyranny. Furthermore afterward Simoniacks, Homicides, Atheiſts, moſt wicked MagitiansMagicians, moſt foule Adulterers, and teachers of all uncleane luſts: finally covered with all thoſe …
Thomas Brightman · A Revelation of the Apocalypse · p. 355 · Open in the reader
Printed
… little for them. So wee finde that Heathen Princes were many of them great MagitiansMagicians and Coniurers, as gaining hereby an Opinion of Dietie: And so did the people …
With rule
… little for them. So wee finde that Heathen Princes were many of them great MagitiansMagicians and Coniurers, as gaining hereby an Opinion of Dietie: And so did the people …
Thomas Cooper · Satan Transformed Into an Angel of Light · p. 184 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as Saul to the Witch: 1 Sam. 28.7, 8. Ahaziah to Baal-zebub, 2 Kin. 1.2. Belshazzar to his MagitiansMagicians, Dan. 5.7. So, 47.12, 13.
With rule
… as Saul to the Witch: 1 Sam. 28.7, 8. Ahaziah to Baal-zebub, 2 Kin. 1.2. Belshazzar to his MagitiansMagicians, Dan. 5.7. So, 47.12, 13.
Samuel Clarke · The Marrow of Divinity · p. 447 · Open in the reader
Printed
… word, all these were called Prophets of old, who foretold things to come, as MagitiansMagicians, Astrologians, Prognosticators, Nativitie or figure-casters, &c. See Olivarius de Prophetia pag: 9. 10. The Priests …
With rule
… word, all these were called Prophets of old, who foretold things to come, as MagitiansMagicians, Astrologians, Prognosticators, Nativitie or figure-casters, &c. See Olivarius de Prophetia pag: 9. 10. The Priests …
George Gillespie · Treatise of Miscellaneous Questions · p. 92 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in Jude, makes them undoubtedly true, as is done to the names of theſe MagitiansMagicians that oppoſed Moſes, whom Paul calls Jannes and Jambres, 2 Tim. 3.8. So Moſes's quaking at …
With rule
… in Jude, makes them undoubtedly true, as is done to the names of theſe MagitiansMagicians that oppoſed Moſes, whom Paul calls Jannes and Jambres, 2 Tim. 3.8. So Moſes's quaking at …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 508 · Open in the reader
Printed
… And the tongues euen of such are enforced sometime to confesse, as the Aegyptian MagitiansMagicians of Moses his miracles, Digitus Dei hic est, There is a finger of God …
With rule
… And the tongues euen of such are enforced sometime to confesse, as the Aegyptian MagitiansMagicians of Moses his miracles, Digitus Dei hic est, There is a finger of God …
Thomas Gataker · Two Marriage Sermons · p. 10 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

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

Lifes Preservative Against Self-Killing A13280

Printed
… in killing himſelfe, how dangerous a thing it is to adviſe with witches , ſoothſayers, magitiansMagicians, Aſtrologers, or any of that black rabble: upon affectation of curious and ſecret knowledge …
With rule
… in killing himſelfe, how dangerous a thing it is to adviſe with witches , ſoothſayers, magitiansMagicians, Aſtrologers, or any of that black rabble: upon affectation of curious and ſecret knowledge …
John Sym · Lifes Preservative Against Self-Killing · p. 203 · Open in the reader

Treatise of the Four Degenerate Sons A68868

Printed
Magicke, how many ſorts of magicke there be, 59. In what reſpect men are called magitiansMagicians 40
With rule
Magicke, how many ſorts of magicke there be, 59. In what reſpect men are called magitiansMagicians 40
John Weemes · Treatise of the Four Degenerate Sons · Open in the reader
Printed
… the woman firſt, and then the man: Hence we may learne, that ſorcerers, and magitiansMagicians are more dangerous inſtruments of the devill then witches are.
With rule
… the woman firſt, and then the man: Hence we may learne, that ſorcerers, and magitiansMagicians are more dangerous inſtruments of the devill then witches are.
John Weemes · Treatise of the Four Degenerate Sons · p. 139 · Open in the reader