Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #50571 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

gnostickGnostic

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

Puritas changed it: 104 times in 46 works
Consistency: 99.0% (104 of 105)
Reach if approved: ~112 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: gnostic
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 107 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (104 changes in 46 works, 99.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 104)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… parts of it, or the Christian Doctrine as freed from all adulterate mixtures of GnostickGnostic Impurities and Jewish Observances, which were those compositions, wherewith in the Apostles times so …
With rule
… parts of it, or the Christian Doctrine as freed from all adulterate mixtures of GnostickGnostic Impurities and Jewish Observances, which were those compositions, wherewith in the Apostles times so …
John Kettlewell · The Measures of Christian Obedience · p. 222 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to them, which is a direct conſumptive Sacrifice; and (as Irenaeus ſays of the GnoſtickGnostic Hereticks, who had gotten the Images, or Pictures of Chriſt, Pythagoras, Plato, and other …
With rule
… to them, which is a direct conſumptive Sacrifice; and (as Irenaeus ſays of the GnoſtickGnostic Hereticks, who had gotten the Images, or Pictures of Chriſt, Pythagoras, Plato, and other …
Thankful Owen · A True and Lively Representation of Popery · p. 58 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Matth. 24. 10, 11, 12. 2 Thess. 1. 2, 3, 5. 1 Tim. 4, 1. 2 Tim. 3. 1.) befell the Apostasie of the many Christians to the foul GnostickGnostic heresie. Idem Annot. a.
With rule
… Matth. 24. 10, 11, 12. 2 Thess. 1. 2, 3, 5. 1 Tim. 4, 1. 2 Tim. 3. 1.) befell the Apostasie of the many Christians to the foul GnostickGnostic heresie. Idem Annot. a.
Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 366 · Open in the reader
Printed
… charitable, and even Christian duty, for the Orthodox Christians to renounce Communion with the GnostickGnostic hereticks and Schismaticks. And so there now appears more reason in my arguing, than …
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… charitable, and even Christian duty, for the Orthodox Christians to renounce Communion with the GnostickGnostic hereticks and Schismaticks. And so there now appears more reason in my arguing, than …
Henry Hammond · The Disarmers Dexterities Examined · p. 292 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Gallant hath no cauſe to feare that we ſuſpect him to be ſuch a GnoſtickGnostic: if we could come ſo neere to feele his pulſe; or his proud heart …
With rule
… Gallant hath no cauſe to feare that we ſuſpect him to be ſuch a GnoſtickGnostic: if we could come ſo neere to feele his pulſe; or his proud heart …
Cornelius Burges · A Chain of Graces Drawn Out for Reformation of Manners · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Simon Magus) and the Nicolaitans, whoſe doctrine and deeds Chriſt hateth, Rev. 2. and other GnoſtickGnostic Hereticks in the Apoſtles daies, did deal by them, and the Church then as …
With rule
… Simon Magus) and the Nicolaitans, whoſe doctrine and deeds Chriſt hateth, Rev. 2. and other GnoſtickGnostic Hereticks in the Apoſtles daies, did deal by them, and the Church then as …
Richard Baxter · The Quakers Catechism · p. 29 · Open in the reader
Printed
… he means the Deaconeſſes. Clemens Alexandrinus ſpeaks thus, The underſtanding man (whom he calls GnoſtickGnostic) underſtands the Riddles of the Faſt, even of the faſts of the fourth day …
With rule
… he means the Deaconeſſes. Clemens Alexandrinus ſpeaks thus, The underſtanding man (whom he calls GnoſtickGnostic) underſtands the Riddles of the Faſt, even of the faſts of the fourth day …
Peter du Moulin Jr · The Novelty of Popery Opposed to the Antiquity of True Christianity · p. 513 · Open in the reader
Printed
… The truth is, many viſible and temporary profeſſors were infected and defiled by the GnoſtickGnostic infuſions, as in all times of trial befals thoſe that forſake the Faith, rather …
With rule
… The truth is, many viſible and temporary profeſſors were infected and defiled by the GnoſtickGnostic infuſions, as in all times of trial befals thoſe that forſake the Faith, rather …
Henry Hammond · Continuation of the Defense of Hugo Grotius · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.