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Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6671 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

annointanoint

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it
449 times in 278 works
Consistency
96.5% (449 of 465)
Reach if approved
~489 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: anoint
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
465 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (449 changes in 278 works, 96.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 449)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … of Extreme Vnction: and where Saint Iames ſaith, If any bee ſicke, let them annointanoint them with oyle, &c. Cardinall Caietan makes anſwer, The Sacrament of Extreme Vnction cannot …
    With rule
    … of Extreme Vnction: and where Saint Iames ſaith, If any bee ſicke, let them annointanoint them with oyle, &c. Cardinall Caietan makes anſwer, The Sacrament of Extreme Vnction cannot …

    Humphrey Lynde · The Safe Way Leading All Christians · p. 153 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … it with the knees of thy heart. Doest thou fast? When thou doest it, annointanoint thy face. Doest thou almes? Let not thy left hand knowe it; giue of …
    With rule
    … it with the knees of thy heart. Doest thou fast? When thou doest it, annointanoint thy face. Doest thou almes? Let not thy left hand knowe it; giue of …

    Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 586 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … open our eyes that we may see our hidden corruptions, and that he would annointanoint them with the eye-salue of his spirit, that we may clearely see, and …
    With rule
    … open our eyes that we may see our hidden corruptions, and that he would annointanoint them with the eye-salue of his spirit, that we may clearely see, and …

    William Perkins · Commentary on Galatians 1-5 · p. 546 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … him call the elders of the Church, and let them pray for him, and annointanoint him with oyle, in the name of the Lord, and the prayer of faith …
    With rule
    … him call the elders of the Church, and let them pray for him, and annointanoint him with oyle, in the name of the Lord, and the prayer of faith …

    Theodore Beza · Household Prayers · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … the spirit of bondage and feare, and of gracious acceptance with their God, to annointanoint them with the oyle of gladnesse, giving them beauty for ashes, and instead of …
    With rule
    … the spirit of bondage and feare, and of gracious acceptance with their God, to annointanoint them with the oyle of gladnesse, giving them beauty for ashes, and instead of …

    Robert Sanderson · Two Sermons · p. 73 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … is no other meanes but onely prayer to that incomprehensible light, that he would annointanoint their eyes with eye-salue, that they may see, and being mercifull unto them …
    With rule
    … is no other meanes but onely prayer to that incomprehensible light, that he would annointanoint their eyes with eye-salue, that they may see, and being mercifull unto them …

    Phineas Fletcher · The Way to Blessedness · p. 39 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … spirituall eyes. Therefore of this Spirit are we counselled to buy eye-salue, to annointanoint our eyes, that vvee may see.
    With rule
    … spirituall eyes. Therefore of this Spirit are we counselled to buy eye-salue, to annointanoint our eyes, that vvee may see.

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 289 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … ſuffer it, may appeare by an example not much vnlike. God ſent Samuel to annointanoint one of Iſhai his ſons, to be King ouer Iſrael: Samuel ſéeing Eliab, becauſe …
    With rule
    … ſuffer it, may appeare by an example not much vnlike. God ſent Samuel to annointanoint one of Iſhai his ſons, to be King ouer Iſrael: Samuel ſéeing Eliab, becauſe …

    Samuel Hieron · The Preachers Plea · p. 133 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (16)

10 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 6 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Touchstone to Determine the True Catholic Faith A13969

  • Printed
    … same Image, from glorie to glory, as though by the spirit of the Lord. AnnointAnoint thine head: but beware least with the oile of sinne. Let not the oile …
    With rule
    … same Image, from glorie to glory, as though by the spirit of the Lord. AnnointAnoint thine head: but beware least with the oile of sinne. Let not the oile …

    Francis Trigge · Touchstone to Determine the True Catholic Faith · p. 239 · Open in the reader

A Christian Dictionary A15520

  • Printed
    … Oyle, wherewith the sicke were annointed in the Primitiue Church, for healthes sake. Iames 5, 12. AnnointAnoint them with holy Oyle, in the name of the Lord. This was Myraculous Oyle …
    With rule
    … Oyle, wherewith the sicke were annointed in the Primitiue Church, for healthes sake. Iames 5, 12. AnnointAnoint them with holy Oyle, in the name of the Lord. This was Myraculous Oyle …

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 347 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    AnnointAnoint. sig:
    With rule
    AnnointAnoint. sig:

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 210 · Open in the reader

A Key to Open Scripture Metaphors A37483

  • Printed
    AnnointAnoint 61.189
    With rule
    AnnointAnoint 61.189

    Thomas De Laune · A Key to Open Scripture Metaphors · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Zach. 3.1. For it is the sign of a Servant to stand. See Deut. 10.8. [To AnnointAnoint] signifies to make a King or cheif Lord, Judg. 9.8. For Ʋnction was in times …
    With rule
    … Zach. 3.1. For it is the sign of a Servant to stand. See Deut. 10.8. [To AnnointAnoint] signifies to make a King or cheif Lord, Judg. 9.8. For Ʋnction was in times …

    Thomas De Laune · A Key to Open Scripture Metaphors · p. 28 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    God is said to AnnointAnoint, when he Comforts, lifts up, or makes glad his People, Psal. 23.4, 5. 2 Cor. 1.21. But most …
    With rule
    God is said to AnnointAnoint, when he Comforts, lifts up, or makes glad his People, Psal. 23.4, 5. 2 Cor. 1.21. But most …

    Thomas De Laune · A Key to Open Scripture Metaphors · p. 61 · Open in the reader

The Signal Loyalty and Devotion of Gods True Saints Part 1 and 2 A56163

  • Printed
    1. THE person that is to AnnointAnoint and Crown the King, is the Lord Arch-bishop of Canterbury.
    With rule
    1. THE person that is to AnnointAnoint and Crown the King, is the Lord Arch-bishop of Canterbury.

    William Prynne · The Signal Loyalty and Devotion of Gods True Saints Part 1 and 2 · p. 264 · Open in the reader

The Sum of Christian Religion A64611

  • Printed
    … whom he ſaveth. 224. why Jeſus is called the Annointed. 226. 227. he is annointed ſpiritually. 228. Vide AnnointAnoint. Chriſts Propheticall function what 229. Vide Prophet. Why he is called the Word. 230. why a …
    With rule
    … whom he ſaveth. 224. why Jeſus is called the Annointed. 226. 227. he is annointed ſpiritually. 228. Vide AnnointAnoint. Chriſts Propheticall function what 229. Vide Prophet. Why he is called the Word. 230. why a …

    Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion · Open in the reader

The Signal Loyalty and Devotion of Gods Saints Part 2 A91273

  • Printed
    1. THE perſon that is to AnnointAnoint and Crown the King, is the Lord Arch-biſhop of Canterbury.
    With rule
    1. THE perſon that is to AnnointAnoint and Crown the King, is the Lord Arch-biſhop of Canterbury.

    William Prynne · The Signal Loyalty and Devotion of Gods Saints Part 2 · p. 264 · Open in the reader

The Signal Loyalty and Devotion of Gods Saints A91279

  • Printed
    1. THE perſon that is to AnnointAnoint and Crown the King, is the Lord Arch-biſhop of Canterbury.
    With rule
    1. THE perſon that is to AnnointAnoint and Crown the King, is the Lord Arch-biſhop of Canterbury.

    William Prynne · The Signal Loyalty and Devotion of Gods Saints · p. 264 · Open in the reader