Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #50496 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

phaeniciaPhoenicia

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

Puritas changed it: 130 times in 44 works
Consistency: 98.4% (130 of 132)
Reach if approved: ~139 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 132 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (130 changes in 44 works, 98.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 130)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Samaria, and Galilee, and were now got out of the Land of Canaan into PhaeniciaPhoenicia, Cyprus, and Syria, and yet preached the Gospel to none but Jews onely.
With rule
… Samaria, and Galilee, and were now got out of the Land of Canaan into PhaeniciaPhoenicia, Cyprus, and Syria, and yet preached the Gospel to none but Jews onely.
John Lightfoot · Commentary Upon Acts · p. 257 · Open in the reader
Printed
… work in one place, He follow'd his work to another; He ſtaid not in PhaeniciaPhoenicia among the Gentiles, after that one only Miracle of Mercy upon the Mother and …
With rule
… work in one place, He follow'd his work to another; He ſtaid not in PhaeniciaPhoenicia among the Gentiles, after that one only Miracle of Mercy upon the Mother and …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 89 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to you the same holy Apostles words; Chrysostome desirous to plant the Gospel in PhaeniciaPhoenicia, stirred up many godly men, and devout women, by their liberality to contribute towards …
With rule
… to you the same holy Apostles words; Chrysostome desirous to plant the Gospel in PhaeniciaPhoenicia, stirred up many godly men, and devout women, by their liberality to contribute towards …
Thomas Thorowgood · The Jews Now in America · p. 94 · Open in the reader
Printed
Zidon was a famous City of PhaeniciaPhoenicia ſaith Jerome and Euſebius, it was more North than Tyrus, in the North-Weſt …
With rule
Zidon was a famous City of PhaeniciaPhoenicia ſaith Jerome and Euſebius, it was more North than Tyrus, in the North-Weſt …
William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 20-29 · p. 455 · Open in the reader
Printed
… into Arabia, and ſo to Damaſcus againe, and then to Hieruſalem, then to Syria, PhaeniciaPhoenicia, Cilicia, Pamphilia, Licia, to Phrygia, Piſidia, to Galatia, Bithinia, Cappadocia, and many other Countries …
With rule
… into Arabia, and ſo to Damaſcus againe, and then to Hieruſalem, then to Syria, PhaeniciaPhoenicia, Cilicia, Pamphilia, Licia, to Phrygia, Piſidia, to Galatia, Bithinia, Cappadocia, and many other Countries …
Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 13-16 · p. 285 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the North Mount Libanus; on the West, the Sea. Maginus placeth a part of PhaeniciaPhoenicia on the North; on the North-east Libanus; on the South, and part of …
With rule
… the North Mount Libanus; on the West, the Sea. Maginus placeth a part of PhaeniciaPhoenicia on the North; on the North-east Libanus; on the South, and part of …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 89 · Open in the reader
Printed
… was the most Northerly, confining on Libanus and Anti-Libanus towards the North: on PhaeniciaPhoenicia Westerly: having Caelosyria on the East: and Samaria with Arabia on the South: Jordan …
With rule
… was the most Northerly, confining on Libanus and Anti-Libanus towards the North: on PhaeniciaPhoenicia Westerly: having Caelosyria on the East: and Samaria with Arabia on the South: Jordan …
Samuel Clarke · A Geographical Description of All the Countries in the Known World · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
Chanaan; ſo called by the Hebrews; by the Greeks, PhaeniciaPhoenicia. 11
With rule
Chanaan; ſo called by the Hebrews; by the Greeks, PhaeniciaPhoenicia. 11
John Godolphin · View of the Admiral Jurisdiction · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A New Description of the World A33342

Printed
PHAENICIAPHOENICIA, is bounded on the East and South with Palestine; on the North with Syria …
With rule
PHAENICIAPHOENICIA, is bounded on the East and South with Palestine; on the North with Syria …
Samuel Clarke · A New Description of the World · p. 112 · Open in the reader
Printed
SYRO-PHAENICIAPHOENICIA is a third Provinc… of this Kingdom, and has for its chief Cities and …
With rule
SYRO-PHAENICIAPHOENICIA is a third Provinc… of this Kingdom, and has for its chief Cities and …
Samuel Clarke · A New Description of the World · p. 113 · Open in the reader