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ʋnctioUnctio

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

Puritas changed it
27 times in 8 works
Consistency
100% (27 of 27)
Reach if approved
~28 places (estimated)
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Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
27 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (27 changes in 8 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 27)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … holy Spirit. Among the Oriental Nations, and in particular among the Jews, there was ƲnctioUnctio convivalis, a Feaſtival Ʋnction, which they uſed as a token of welcome to pour …
    With rule
    … holy Spirit. Among the Oriental Nations, and in particular among the Jews, there was ƲnctioUnctio convivalis, a Feaſtival Ʋnction, which they uſed as a token of welcome to pour …

    Edward Polhill · Precious Faith Considered · p. 375 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … chriſma dicetur (quod Dallaeus voluit, baptiſmum noſtrum unguenti illius conſecrationibus perfici hinc colligens) ſed ƲnctioUnctio chriſmalis, ſimpliciter, foreign, perfectivum, ſeu conſecratorium chriſma vocatur, quo ſcilicet fidelis, prius bapti…atus, conſecratur …
    With rule
    … chriſma dicetur (quod Dallaeus voluit, baptiſmum noſtrum unguenti illius conſecrationibus perfici hinc colligens) ſed ƲnctioUnctio chriſmalis, ſimpliciter, foreign, perfectivum, ſeu conſecratorium chriſma vocatur, quo ſcilicet fidelis, prius bapti…atus, conſecratur …

    Henry Hammond · Works Volume 4 · p. 882 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … capit eum arguta scientia, quam illum sentit & gustat munda conscientia: Melius nos docet eum ƲnctioUnctio quam eruditio. Hoc est illud manna absconditum, quod ipse dat timentibus ipsum, non autem …
    With rule
    … capit eum arguta scientia, quam illum sentit & gustat munda conscientia: Melius nos docet eum ƲnctioUnctio quam eruditio. Hoc est illud manna absconditum, quod ipse dat timentibus ipsum, non autem …

    Richard Baxter · The Reduction of a Digresser · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    In Nomine Patris, & Filii, & Spiritus Sancti, proſit tibi haec ƲnctioUnctio Olei in honorem et confirmationem aeternam in ſaecula ſaeculorum: Amen:
    With rule
    In Nomine Patris, & Filii, & Spiritus Sancti, proſit tibi haec ƲnctioUnctio Olei in honorem et confirmationem aeternam in ſaecula ſaeculorum: Amen:

    William Prynne · The Signal Loyalty and Devotion of Gods Saints Part 2 · p. 228 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … uſed at their anointing were, In Nomine Patris, & Filii, & Spiritus Sancti, proſit tibi haec ƲnctioUnctio Olei in honorem et confirmationem aeternam in ſaecula ſaeculorum: Amen.
    With rule
    … uſed at their anointing were, In Nomine Patris, & Filii, & Spiritus Sancti, proſit tibi haec ƲnctioUnctio Olei in honorem et confirmationem aeternam in ſaecula ſaeculorum: Amen.

    William Prynne · The Signal Loyalty and Devotion of Gods Saints · p. 228 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … Coronation? Coronation gives not the King his Kingdome, which he hath jure haereditario before. ƲnctioUnctio Regem factum significat, non ad Regnum jus addit, says the Author Deus & Rex. If …
    With rule
    … Coronation? Coronation gives not the King his Kingdome, which he hath jure haereditario before. ƲnctioUnctio Regem factum significat, non ad Regnum jus addit, says the Author Deus & Rex. If …

    John Humfrey · Touching our Present Impositions of Loyalty and Obedience · p. 57 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    Origen ſaith, ƲnctioUnctio eſt habitatio Spiritus ſancti, in cognitione veritatis.
    With rule
    Origen ſaith, ƲnctioUnctio eſt habitatio Spiritus ſancti, in cognitione veritatis.

    William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 14-19 · p. 148 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … Church-members, is evident in the ancients: being for this reaſon called foreign, unguenti conſummans ƲnctioUnctio, the perfecting Unction; whereof thus ſpeaks Albaſpinaeus, acquainting us with the judgment of antiquity …
    With rule
    … Church-members, is evident in the ancients: being for this reaſon called foreign, unguenti conſummans ƲnctioUnctio, the perfecting Unction; whereof thus ſpeaks Albaſpinaeus, acquainting us with the judgment of antiquity …

    Jonathan Hanmer · The Ancient Way of Completing Church Members · p. 17 · Open in the reader

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