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machabeusMaccabeus

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

Puritas changed it
92 times in 43 works
Consistency
98.9% (92 of 93)
Reach if approved
~98 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: machabaeus
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
93 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (92 changes in 43 works, 98.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 92)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … by him. And it is worth ye noting yt from the time of Iudas MachabeusMaccabeus, it cānot be proued by any ſtory after, vntil now of very late daies …
    With rule
    … by him. And it is worth ye noting yt from the time of Iudas MachabeusMaccabeus, it cānot be proued by any ſtory after, vntil now of very late daies …

    Thomas Sparke · Answer to John De Albines · p. 362 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … of God any more vppon them, the which thing in like manner hath Iudas MachabeusMaccabeus done, as the hiſtorye witneſſeth, in the which it is written, y• they found …
    With rule
    … of God any more vppon them, the which thing in like manner hath Iudas MachabeusMaccabeus done, as the hiſtorye witneſſeth, in the which it is written, y• they found …

    Pierre Viret · The Christian Disputations · p. 253 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … holy, valiaunt, wiſe and fortunate, as among them of old, were Ioſue, Dauid, Iudas MachabeusMaccabeus, Conſtantine, Theodoſius, and many moe. To al this there muſt be added a choſen …
    With rule
    … holy, valiaunt, wiſe and fortunate, as among them of old, were Ioſue, Dauid, Iudas MachabeusMaccabeus, Conſtantine, Theodoſius, and many moe. To al this there muſt be added a choſen …

    Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · p. 214 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    But what? Shall we thinke that Iudas MachabeusMaccabeus (being a man ſo preciſe in obſeruing the lawe of God, as in this …
    With rule
    But what? Shall we thinke that Iudas MachabeusMaccabeus (being a man ſo preciſe in obſeruing the lawe of God, as in this …

    Robert Crowley · Answer to a Popish Antichristian Catholic · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … confeſt: for when Antiochus had profaned the Altar of the Temple, 1 Mach. iv. Judas MachabeusMaccabeus inſtituted a perpetual Feaſt toward the end of November to dedicate it again unto …
    With rule
    … confeſt: for when Antiochus had profaned the Altar of the Temple, 1 Mach. iv. Judas MachabeusMaccabeus inſtituted a perpetual Feaſt toward the end of November to dedicate it again unto …

    John Hacket · A Century of Sermons · p. 709 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … of the Church of Chriſt; of this Judgment are Calvin, Martyr, Grineus, Wolphins Ʋrſinus MachabeusMaccabeus, Zanchius, Simetrus, Zepperus, our own Book of Homilies, Dr. Fulk and others.
    With rule
    … of the Church of Chriſt; of this Judgment are Calvin, Martyr, Grineus, Wolphins Ʋrſinus MachabeusMaccabeus, Zanchius, Simetrus, Zepperus, our own Book of Homilies, Dr. Fulk and others.

    Thomas De Laune · A Plea for the Non-Conformists · p. 63 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … him for helpe, at what tyme they were deſtitute of their worthie Capitayne Iudas MachabeusMaccabeus: but alſo ſoght it, and demanded it where it was like to be founde …
    With rule
    … him for helpe, at what tyme they were deſtitute of their worthie Capitayne Iudas MachabeusMaccabeus: but alſo ſoght it, and demanded it where it was like to be founde …

    Christopher Goodman · How Superior Powers Ought to be Obeyed of their Subjects · p. 200 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    Iudas MachabeusMaccabeus was choſen to be the heade of his brethern. i. Machab ii.g. Fyghted …
    With rule
    Iudas MachabeusMaccabeus was choſen to be the heade of his brethern. i. Machab ii.g. Fyghted …

    Henrich Bullinger · Historical Table of the Bible · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 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.

Sermon Concerning Magistrates A17223

  • Printed
    Iudas machabeusMaccabeus amongeſt all other is not the vnwortheyſt whyche ſtode ſo valiantly for the lawes …
    With rule
    Iudas machabeusMaccabeus amongeſt all other is not the vnwortheyſt whyche ſtode ſo valiantly for the lawes …

    Henrich Bullinger · Sermon Concerning Magistrates · Open in the reader