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ʋncleUncle

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

Puritas changed it
58 times in 34 works
Consistency
100% (58 of 58)
Reach if approved
~62 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
59 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (58 changes in 34 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 58)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … Laud when Biſhop of London, arrayed in his white Lawn-ſleeves and Rochet. Pray ƲncleUncle why do you wear your ſhirt upon your Gowne and Sleeves; when other men …
    With rule
    … Laud when Biſhop of London, arrayed in his white Lawn-ſleeves and Rochet. Pray ƲncleUncle why do you wear your ſhirt upon your Gowne and Sleeves; when other men …

    William Prynne · Why Some do Not Conform to Common Prayer · p. 92 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    Your moſt Affectionate ƲncleUncle, J. H. Octob. 5. 1684.
    With rule
    Your moſt Affectionate ƲncleUncle, J. H. Octob. 5. 1684.

    John Tutchin · Last Collection of Speeches Letters and Prayers · p. 14 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … burne them, and the neereſt relations ſhall doe it. (Ver. 10•h.) And a mans ƲncleUncle ſhall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring the bones out …
    With rule
    … burne them, and the neereſt relations ſhall doe it. (Ver. 10•h.) And a mans ƲncleUncle ſhall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring the bones out …

    Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 22-26 · p. 320 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … God Almighty I …oſt humbly pray and beſeech to bring …ou my deere loving ƲncleUncle, and all good …hriſtians, together with
    With rule
    … God Almighty I …oſt humbly pray and beſeech to bring …ou my deere loving ƲncleUncle, and all good …hriſtians, together with

    Martin Luther · Abstract of Commentary on Galatians · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    His ƲncleUncle DICK pay'd him in Down.
    With rule
    His ƲncleUncle DICK pay'd him in Down.

    Simon Ford · Three Poems Related to the Destruction of London by Fire · p. 9 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … had a Daughter, called Cleopatra, by her. Antiochus Epiphanes 8th. King of Syria his ƲncleUncle brings a great Army into Egypt againſt him, and takes many of his Cities …
    With rule
    … had a Daughter, called Cleopatra, by her. Antiochus Epiphanes 8th. King of Syria his ƲncleUncle brings a great Army into Egypt againſt him, and takes many of his Cities …

    Samuel Cradock · The History of the Old Testament Methodized · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    David, ƲncleUncle to King Arthur, ſucceeded Dubritius in the Archbiſhoprick of Caerlegion in Wales. p. 17. Sect 6.
    With rule
    David, ƲncleUncle to King Arthur, ſucceeded Dubritius in the Archbiſhoprick of Caerlegion in Wales. p. 17. Sect 6.

    John Godolphin · Abridgment of Ecclesiastical Laws · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … by cauſality of production (as a private manuſcript) for your letter to your Reverend ƲncleUncle (my honoured Friend) and his to me, have been unto it, as a Grandfather …
    With rule
    … by cauſality of production (as a private manuſcript) for your letter to your Reverend ƲncleUncle (my honoured Friend) and his to me, have been unto it, as a Grandfather …

    John Ley · Letter to Bishop of Chester · 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.