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Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #10712 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

uirgineVirgin

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

Puritas changed it
64 times in 14 works
Consistency
100% (64 of 64)
Reach if approved
~67 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: virgin
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
64 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (64 changes in 14 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 64)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … bee so witlesse, as to confesse him to be the naturall sonne of the UirgineVirgin Mary. So also the Prophet doth call fleshe a flower of the …elde: In …
    With rule
    … bee so witlesse, as to confesse him to be the naturall sonne of the UirgineVirgin Mary. So also the Prophet doth call fleshe a flower of the …elde: In …

    John Foxe · The Pope Confuted · p. 76 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    I pray to God, and to the UirgineVirgin Marie,
    With rule
    I pray to God, and to the UirgineVirgin Marie,

    David Lindsay · The History of a Noble Squire · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … nature of his parentes, so lykewise toke Christ by humain nature of the blessed UirgineVirgin his mother. He sai eth moreouer (He) meanyng Christ, in no place taketh on …
    With rule
    … nature of his parentes, so lykewise toke Christ by humain nature of the blessed UirgineVirgin his mother. He sai eth moreouer (He) meanyng Christ, in no place taketh on …

    Thomas Becon · The Governance of Virtue · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … most glorious UirgineVirgin Mary his mother for euer and a day longer. Sobeit. The UirgineVirgin Mary wich her Godly childe blesse vs. Sobeit. Fas. Temp.
    With rule
    … most glorious UirgineVirgin Mary his mother for euer and a day longer. Sobeit. The UirgineVirgin Mary wich her Godly childe blesse vs. Sobeit. Fas. Temp.

    Thomas Becon · The Relics of Rome · p. 116 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … tongue? whether children should be taught the Lords prayer without the salutation of the UirgineVirgin? whether beades be to be denied or no? whether Scriptures ought to bee translated …
    With rule
    … tongue? whether children should be taught the Lords prayer without the salutation of the UirgineVirgin? whether beades be to be denied or no? whether Scriptures ought to bee translated …

    John Foxe · Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny · p. 176 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … world, to take our nature vpon him, and that in the wombe of a UirgineVirgin, without spot or blemish of sinne, and without the helpe of man by the …
    With rule
    … world, to take our nature vpon him, and that in the wombe of a UirgineVirgin, without spot or blemish of sinne, and without the helpe of man by the …

    Philip Stubbes · A Crystal Glass for Christian Women · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    Was of the UirgineVirgin Mary borne:
    With rule
    Was of the UirgineVirgin Mary borne:

    George Wither · The Hymns and Songs of the Church · p. 115 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … of Kent obstinately dyed, that is to say, that Christ tooke nothing of the UirgineVirgin, but brought his body with him from aboue, beyng a thing worthy to be …
    With rule
    … of Kent obstinately dyed, that is to say, that Christ tooke nothing of the UirgineVirgin, but brought his body with him from aboue, beyng a thing worthy to be …

    Archishop Thomas Cranmer · Answer unto a Crafy and Sophistical Cavillation · p. 74 · 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.