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Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #50500 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

patriarkPatriarch

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

Puritas changed it
133 times in 79 works
Consistency
95.6% (133 of 139)
Reach if approved
~146 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: patriarch
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
139 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (133 changes in 79 works, 95.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 133)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … in particular, to rent their Garments. So upon the ſight of Joſeph's Coat, the PatriarkPatriarch Jacob rent his Cloaths, Gen. 37.34. through an apprehenſion that his Son was deſtroyed; and …
    With rule
    … in particular, to rent their Garments. So upon the ſight of Joſeph's Coat, the PatriarkPatriarch Jacob rent his Cloaths, Gen. 37.34. through an apprehenſion that his Son was deſtroyed; and …

    Samuel Palmer · Popery and Hypocrisy Detected and Opened · p. 3 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … liuing creature, were horrible blasphemy against God, & his word. Ibid. Is there any Angel, PatriarkPatriarch or Prophet among the dead, can know the meaning of the heart? &c.
    With rule
    … liuing creature, were horrible blasphemy against God, & his word. Ibid. Is there any Angel, PatriarkPatriarch or Prophet among the dead, can know the meaning of the heart? &c.

    Daniel Featley · A Second Parallel · p. 28 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    We will begin with the PatriarkPatriarch Iacob, whose two notable flights, for fear of daunger the Scriptures mentiō: the former …
    With rule
    We will begin with the PatriarkPatriarch Iacob, whose two notable flights, for fear of daunger the Scriptures mentiō: the former …

    John Robinson · Of Religious Communion Private and Public · p. 39 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    29 Men and brethren, ſeeing that I may boldly ſpeak vnto you of the PatriarkPatriarch Dauid, becauſe he is both dead and buried, and his ſepulchre remaineth with vs …
    With rule
    29 Men and brethren, ſeeing that I may boldly ſpeak vnto you of the PatriarkPatriarch Dauid, becauſe he is both dead and buried, and his ſepulchre remaineth with vs …

    John Calvin · Commentary on Acts · p. 44 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … Tryphon, by the Mercy of God, Arch-Bishop of Constantinople, New Rome, and Vniversal PatriarkPatriarch,] (for that was then the Title.) The Emperor receiving the Paper, (it …eems, knowing …
    With rule
    … Tryphon, by the Mercy of God, Arch-Bishop of Constantinople, New Rome, and Vniversal PatriarkPatriarch,] (for that was then the Title.) The Emperor receiving the Paper, (it …eems, knowing …

    Richard Baxter · Church History of the Government of Bishops and Their Councils · p. 324 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … and Brethren (ſaith the Apoſtle in Acts, 2.29.) Let me ſpeak unto you of the PatriarkPatriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his Sepulchre is with us …
    With rule
    … and Brethren (ſaith the Apoſtle in Acts, 2.29.) Let me ſpeak unto you of the PatriarkPatriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his Sepulchre is with us …

    William Bridge · Scripture Light the Most Sure Light · p. 305 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    Now Civicus, call to thee Britanicus, and Scoticus, and Coelicus; together with PatriarkPatriarch W. and Independent N. and set all your wits upon the renters, to render …
    With rule
    Now Civicus, call to thee Britanicus, and Scoticus, and Coelicus; together with PatriarkPatriarch W. and Independent N. and set all your wits upon the renters, to render …

    Daniel Featley · The Levites Scourge · p. 89 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    Photius PatriarkPatriarch of Constantinople, he flourished in the 9th age, Anno Dom. 860. the learnedst man of …
    With rule
    Photius PatriarkPatriarch of Constantinople, he flourished in the 9th age, Anno Dom. 860. the learnedst man of …

    Edward Leigh · Treatise of Religion and Learning · p. 289 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Brutish Thunderbolt A03718

  • Printed
    … patriarks, being all of equall honor, dignitie, iuriſdiction, authoritie, degrée: ſaue onely that the patriarkPatriarch of Rome ſat vppermoſt in generall Synods, bicauſe of the old dignitie of old …
    With rule
    … patriarks, being all of equall honor, dignitie, iuriſdiction, authoritie, degrée: ſaue onely that the patriarkPatriarch of Rome ſat vppermoſt in generall Synods, bicauſe of the old dignitie of old …

    François Hotman · The Brutish Thunderbolt · p. 206 · Open in the reader

A Preparative to Contention A18015

  • Printed
    … contrary to this decree, he ſhuld be anathematized & cōdemned. In conſideratō therof Teraſius, then patriarkPatriarch of Conſtant. which was preſēt at that Synod being demanded by the popes cōmandemēt …
    With rule
    … contrary to this decree, he ſhuld be anathematized & cōdemned. In conſideratō therof Teraſius, then patriarkPatriarch of Conſtant. which was preſēt at that Synod being demanded by the popes cōmandemēt …

    John Carpenter · A Preparative to Contention · p. 46 · Open in the reader