Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #50644 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ʋnderstandingsUnderstandings

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

Puritas changed it: 86 times in 65 works
Consistency: 100% (86 of 86)
Reach if approved: ~90 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 86 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (86 changes in 65 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 86)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… in the holy Prophets and Apoſtles, wherein he hath plainly opened, to our dark ƲnderſtandingsUnderstandings, both the Matter, Method, and the Means to obtain the End of it, which …
With rule
… in the holy Prophets and Apoſtles, wherein he hath plainly opened, to our dark ƲnderſtandingsUnderstandings, both the Matter, Method, and the Means to obtain the End of it, which …
Thomas Worden · The Leper and the Lepers House Cleansed · Open in the reader
Printed
… conteſt with Ignominy then with Errour, to renounce our owne Wills, then our owne ƲnderſtandingsUnderstandings.
With rule
… conteſt with Ignominy then with Errour, to renounce our owne Wills, then our owne ƲnderſtandingsUnderstandings.
Thomas Hooker · A Treatise of Self Denial · p. 66 · Open in the reader
Printed
… including therein an Epiſcopal Authority; but as more distinct, facile, and plaine to ſome ƲnderſtandingsUnderstandings that J write vnto.
With rule
… including therein an Epiſcopal Authority; but as more distinct, facile, and plaine to ſome ƲnderſtandingsUnderstandings that J write vnto.
Cornelius Burges · A New Discovery of Personal Tithes · Open in the reader
Printed
… upon Both, we very hardly keep the Ballance of the Sanctuary even in our ƲnderſtandingsUnderstandings, as it is in it ſelf: While therefore the Servants of Christ are, ſome …
With rule
… upon Both, we very hardly keep the Ballance of the Sanctuary even in our ƲnderſtandingsUnderstandings, as it is in it ſelf: While therefore the Servants of Christ are, ſome …
Thomas Beverley · A Conciliatory Discourse Upon Crisps Sermons · Open in the reader
Printed
… be a Gift of God, in the ſame manner that the capacities of Mens ƲnderſtandingsUnderstandings, and all other Abilities of Mind and Body, are Gods Gifts: But it is …
With rule
… be a Gift of God, in the ſame manner that the capacities of Mens ƲnderſtandingsUnderstandings, and all other Abilities of Mind and Body, are Gods Gifts: But it is …
John Collinges · The Vindication of Liturgies Proved No Vindication · p. 46 · Open in the reader
Printed
… required a freſh Influence, and Aſſiſtance of the Spirit. Its ſaid, He opened their ƲnderſtandingsUnderstandings: Men may open ſupernatural Truths, and Promiſſes to our minds; but none can open …
With rule
… required a freſh Influence, and Aſſiſtance of the Spirit. Its ſaid, He opened their ƲnderſtandingsUnderstandings: Men may open ſupernatural Truths, and Promiſſes to our minds; but none can open …
Theophilus Gale · Christs Tears for Jerusalems Unbelief · p. 123 · Open in the reader
Printed
… their charging me with favouring that way, is beyond the Comprehenſion of Perſons, whoſe ƲnderſtandingsUnderstandings are much larger than mine.
With rule
… their charging me with favouring that way, is beyond the Comprehenſion of Perſons, whoſe ƲnderſtandingsUnderstandings are much larger than mine.
Stephen Lobb · A Further Defense of the Report · Open in the reader
Printed
… render thoſe things obvious and plain, which to Men that lean upon their own ƲnderſtandingsUnderstandings, will continue to be myſterious and unfathomable. 'Tis the great Father of Lights that …
With rule
… render thoſe things obvious and plain, which to Men that lean upon their own ƲnderſtandingsUnderstandings, will continue to be myſterious and unfathomable. 'Tis the great Father of Lights that …
Timothy Rogers · Early Religion · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.