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alexāderAlexander

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

Puritas changed it
49 times in 32 works
Consistency
100% (49 of 49)
Reach if approved
~51 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
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Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
49 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (49 changes in 32 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 49)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … vp in the church, by hereſie departed from it? What ſhould I name Hymenaeus, AlexāderAlexander, Phygellus, Hermogenes, Nicolas, and ſuch like? Hardly can you name me any hereſie that …
    With rule
    … vp in the church, by hereſie departed from it? What ſhould I name Hymenaeus, AlexāderAlexander, Phygellus, Hermogenes, Nicolas, and ſuch like? Hardly can you name me any hereſie that …

    Anthony Wotton · A Trial of the Romish Clergys Title to the Church · p. 300 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … things; who in the ſecond yere of his reign, being provoked unto warr by AlexāderAlexander, wēt to ruine dayly? Laſt of al, explayning this viſion in the 20. verſe, he …
    With rule
    … things; who in the ſecond yere of his reign, being provoked unto warr by AlexāderAlexander, wēt to ruine dayly? Laſt of al, explayning this viſion in the 20. verſe, he …

    Thomas Brightman · A Revelation of the Apocalypse · p. 508 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … did for his, Lord laye not this sinne …o their charge. For well may AlexāderAlexander the Copper-smith do Paule much hurt, but the Lord will reward him according …
    With rule
    … did for his, Lord laye not this sinne …o their charge. For well may AlexāderAlexander the Copper-smith do Paule much hurt, but the Lord will reward him according …

    William Burton · Davids Evidence · p. 87 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … of Dorceſter: wtout which no Archb. nor B. could be confirmed. And to Lanf. AlexāderAlexander (for ye eſtimatiō of his learning) gaue ij. palles: one of honor, the other …
    With rule
    … of Dorceſter: wtout which no Archb. nor B. could be confirmed. And to Lanf. AlexāderAlexander (for ye eſtimatiō of his learning) gaue ij. palles: one of honor, the other …

    John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 114 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … hath bene played ſens by Egelwinus, Odo, Anſelme, Randolf of durham, Rafe of chycheſter, AlexāderAlexander of lyncolne, Nigelliꝰ of helye, Roger of ſaleſburye, Thomas becket, Steuen lāgton, Edmonde of …
    With rule
    … hath bene played ſens by Egelwinus, Odo, Anſelme, Randolf of durham, Rafe of chycheſter, AlexāderAlexander of lyncolne, Nigelliꝰ of helye, Roger of ſaleſburye, Thomas becket, Steuen lāgton, Edmonde of …

    John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · p. 90 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    AlexāderAlexander the greate aſking one of his wyſe men by what meanes a man might …
    With rule
    AlexāderAlexander the greate aſking one of his wyſe men by what meanes a man might …

    Petrus Ramus · The Logic Newly Translated · p. 92 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … bound it faſt with chaines to keepe it faſt & ſure to their citie againſt AlexāderAlexander who thē beſieged it. The Athenians bewrayed the like when they made an image …
    With rule
    … bound it faſt with chaines to keepe it faſt & ſure to their citie againſt AlexāderAlexander who thē beſieged it. The Athenians bewrayed the like when they made an image …

    Robert Parker · Against Symbolizing with Antichrist in Ceremonies · p. 138 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … Howbeit they labour in vaine, vnles God vouchſafe to fauor theyr enterpriſes. Let Ceſar, AlexāderAlexander, or Cato, take what paynes they will either in the kingdome or in the …
    With rule
    … Howbeit they labour in vaine, vnles God vouchſafe to fauor theyr enterpriſes. Let Ceſar, AlexāderAlexander, or Cato, take what paynes they will either in the kingdome or in the …

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentary on Romans · 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.