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occumenicalEcumenical

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

Puritas changed it
19 times in 17 works
Consistency
95.0% (19 of 20)
Reach if approved
~23 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: ecumenical
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
22 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (19 changes in 17 works, 95.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 19)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … weight and worth, then either by Transmission or Appeal, it may ascend unto an OccumenicalEcumenical Council.
    With rule
    … weight and worth, then either by Transmission or Appeal, it may ascend unto an OccumenicalEcumenical Council.

    John Eliot · Communion of Churches · p. 32 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … who was born a subject to their judgments. This, saith he, is the great OccumenicalEcumenical difficulty, and he that in any age of Christianity could either answer it, or …
    With rule
    … who was born a subject to their judgments. This, saith he, is the great OccumenicalEcumenical difficulty, and he that in any age of Christianity could either answer it, or …

    John Owen · Animadversions on Fiat Lux · p. 200 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … are the Fathers Advowson, and the Son is ordained by him to be the OccumenicalEcumenical Bishop of the habitable world. He shall sprinkle many Nations, inherit all Lands, rule …
    With rule
    … are the Fathers Advowson, and the Son is ordained by him to be the OccumenicalEcumenical Bishop of the habitable world. He shall sprinkle many Nations, inherit all Lands, rule …

    John Sheffield · The Rising Sun · p. 49 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … Decrees, they be universally accepted, that doth, ex post-facto, make the Council truly OccumenicalEcumenical. By this you see, what we mean by a General Council. And, for the …
    With rule
    … Decrees, they be universally accepted, that doth, ex post-facto, make the Council truly OccumenicalEcumenical. By this you see, what we mean by a General Council. And, for the …

    Edward Stillingfleet · The Grounds of Protestant Religion · p. 536 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … They are ſworn to [all things delivered, defined, and declared by the Canons, and OccumenicalEcumenical Councils, and this without doubting;] O ſtrong faith! when even mens faith in Chriſt …
    With rule
    … They are ſworn to [all things delivered, defined, and declared by the Canons, and OccumenicalEcumenical Councils, and this without doubting;] O ſtrong faith! when even mens faith in Chriſt …

    Richard Baxter · A Winding-Sheet for Popery · p. 6 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … forth, towards any abſent Churches, and therefore this is no warrant for provincial or OccumenicalEcumenical Synods.
    With rule
    … forth, towards any abſent Churches, and therefore this is no warrant for provincial or OccumenicalEcumenical Synods.

    Frederick Woodall · A Vindication of the Preacher Sent · p. 86 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … him not Univerſal Biſhop over all biſhops in the world, but he was ſtyled OccumenicalEcumenical Archbiſhop of old Rome, not by the council, but by particular men of the …
    With rule
    … him not Univerſal Biſhop over all biſhops in the world, but he was ſtyled OccumenicalEcumenical Archbiſhop of old Rome, not by the council, but by particular men of the …

    John Tombes · Romanism Discussed · p. 20 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … Church] is used in Scripture for the Church Militant Congregated in an Univerſal or OccumenicalEcumenical Synod: And offereth us not one Text for inſtance, which he doth though injuriouſly …
    With rule
    … Church] is used in Scripture for the Church Militant Congregated in an Univerſal or OccumenicalEcumenical Synod: And offereth us not one Text for inſtance, which he doth though injuriouſly …

    Richard Baxter · A Treatise of Episcopacy · p. 53 · 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.

A Voice from Heaven A90879

  • Printed
    … Catholick viſible Church of Chriſt, as united in leſſer & greater combinations, even to an occumenicalEcumenical aſſembly. As Mr. Wood in the aforeſaid Treatiſe, pag. 371.
    With rule
    … Catholick viſible Church of Chriſt, as united in leſſer & greater combinations, even to an occumenicalEcumenical aſſembly. As Mr. Wood in the aforeſaid Treatiſe, pag. 371.

    Gaulter Postlethwaite · A Voice from Heaven · p. 32 · Open in the reader