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ʋtilityUtility

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

Puritas changed it
27 times in 22 works
Consistency
100% (27 of 27)
Reach if approved
~28 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
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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 22 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 27)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … we ſeek to come under France. But we ſhall only inſiſt upon that of ƲtilityUtility, becauſe that is moſt petſwaſive; and that with reſpect to our ſelves only, the …
    With rule
    … we ſeek to come under France. But we ſhall only inſiſt upon that of ƲtilityUtility, becauſe that is moſt petſwaſive; and that with reſpect to our ſelves only, the …

    Joseph Hill · The Interest of These United Provinces · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … of Magiſtracy, in an Expoſition of the 82 Pſalm; where is ſee forth the Neceſſity, ƲtilityUtility, Dignity, Duty and Mirality of Magiſtrates.
    With rule
    … of Magiſtracy, in an Expoſition of the 82 Pſalm; where is ſee forth the Neceſſity, ƲtilityUtility, Dignity, Duty and Mirality of Magiſtrates.

    Richard Mayo · How a Christian May Have His Heart Quickened and Enlarged in Prayer · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    ƲtilityUtility.
    With rule
    ƲtilityUtility.

    Alexander Simson · Two Treatises · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … in your Books, Eaſie, is Creſtos in the Greek, a word that ſignifies Profitable, ƲtilityUtility, and Commodious: ſo it might be turned; and upon this, thoſe that were called …
    With rule
    … in your Books, Eaſie, is Creſtos in the Greek, a word that ſignifies Profitable, ƲtilityUtility, and Commodious: ſo it might be turned; and upon this, thoſe that were called …

    Jeremiah Burroughs · Four Books on Matthew 11 · p. 634 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … hitherto publiſhed in Print, but extant onely in the Parliament Rolls) concerning the Neceſſity, ƲtilityUtility, Institution, Qualification, Juriſdiction, Office, Commiſſion, Oath, and againſt the cauſleſſe, clandeſtine diſ-commiſſioning of …
    With rule
    … hitherto publiſhed in Print, but extant onely in the Parliament Rolls) concerning the Neceſſity, ƲtilityUtility, Institution, Qualification, Juriſdiction, Office, Commiſſion, Oath, and againſt the cauſleſſe, clandeſtine diſ-commiſſioning of …

    William Prynne · Collection of Statutes and Petitions · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … they will in no wiſe conſent and yield to his terms and conditions. 2. The ƲtilityUtility of it. To the Sacrament of the Lords Supper, if we come without our …
    With rule
    … they will in no wiſe conſent and yield to his terms and conditions. 2. The ƲtilityUtility of it. To the Sacrament of the Lords Supper, if we come without our …

    Obadiah Sedgwick · The Parable of the Prodigal · p. 219 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … in point of Honeſty, it would be worſt to thouſands in point of perſonal ƲtilityUtility. Even to all thoſe that forſaking all the ſinfull pleaſures of this World, do …
    With rule
    … in point of Honeſty, it would be worſt to thouſands in point of perſonal ƲtilityUtility. Even to all thoſe that forſaking all the ſinfull pleaſures of this World, do …

    Richard Baxter · The Reasons of the Christian Religion Part 1 · p. 136 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    CHAP. I. The PREFACE, Shewing the Argument, Neceſſity, ƲtilityUtility, Difficulty, and Project of this Work.
    With rule
    CHAP. I. The PREFACE, Shewing the Argument, Neceſſity, ƲtilityUtility, Difficulty, and Project of this Work.

    Samuel Crook · Divine Characters in Two Parts · p. 1 · 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.