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cloeChloe

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

Puritas changed it
71 times in 54 works
Consistency
98.6% (71 of 72)
Reach if approved
~76 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: cloe
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
72 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (71 changes in 54 works, 98.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 71)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    Thus they of the houſe of CloeChloe complained to Paul of the contentions and diviſions that were ſo rife and ſcandalous …
    With rule
    Thus they of the houſe of CloeChloe complained to Paul of the contentions and diviſions that were ſo rife and ſcandalous …

    William Whately · Prototypes · p. 3 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … Iacob with the infamie his brethren ran into: and they of the houſe of CloeChloe did the Apoſtle with the contentions of the Corinthians. And in ſome caſes ſome …
    With rule
    … Iacob with the infamie his brethren ran into: and they of the houſe of CloeChloe did the Apoſtle with the contentions of the Corinthians. And in ſome caſes ſome …

    John Dod · Exposition of Proverbs 15-17 · p. 129 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … underſtanding to diſcern between good and bad; She would mourn with the houſe of CloeChloe, for what was beyond her ſphere to amend, and walked very comfortably with Chriſt …
    With rule
    … underſtanding to diſcern between good and bad; She would mourn with the houſe of CloeChloe, for what was beyond her ſphere to amend, and walked very comfortably with Chriſt …

    Thomas Case · The Excellent Woman · p. 56 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … ſome of the Corinthians, and he had it from ſome of the Houſe of CloeChloe, whom he mentions not, for diſparaging him. His Letters are weighty and powerful, but …
    With rule
    … ſome of the Corinthians, and he had it from ſome of the Houſe of CloeChloe, whom he mentions not, for diſparaging him. His Letters are weighty and powerful, but …

    James Owen · Answer to the Rector of Bury · p. 7 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    CloeChloe]
    With rule
    CloeChloe]

    Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 106 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … againſt them that live looſely, and are inordinate walkers, as did the houſe of CloeChloe; why ſhould men think that publick warning is enough, while ſome are not capable …
    With rule
    … againſt them that live looſely, and are inordinate walkers, as did the houſe of CloeChloe; why ſhould men think that publick warning is enough, while ſome are not capable …

    Humphrey Saunders · An Anti-Diatribe · p. 83 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … vpon it; as the Apostle somewhat did vpon their report of the house of CloeChloe, and the Samaritanes in a matter of farre greater moment vpon the report of …
    With rule
    … vpon it; as the Apostle somewhat did vpon their report of the house of CloeChloe, and the Samaritanes in a matter of farre greater moment vpon the report of …

    Richard Hooker · The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity · p. 112 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … credit. Yea and (as Paul in the like kinde ſpake of the houſe of CloeChloe) there is cauſe. Now in this ſo weighty a caſe what do we? euen …
    With rule
    … credit. Yea and (as Paul in the like kinde ſpake of the houſe of CloeChloe) there is cauſe. Now in this ſo weighty a caſe what do we? euen …

    Richard Rogers · Commentary on Judges · p. 754 · 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.

The Sum of Sacred Divinity A20766

  • Printed
    … vnto me, my Brethren, of you, by them that are of the houſe of CLOECHLOE, that there are contentions among you. And this coū ſell our Sauiour giueth vs …
    With rule
    … vnto me, my Brethren, of you, by them that are of the houſe of CLOECHLOE, that there are contentions among you. And this coū ſell our Sauiour giueth vs …

    John Downame · The Sum of Sacred Divinity · p. 189 · Open in the reader