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emperiallImperial

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

Puritas changed it
147 times in 55 works
Consistency
90.1% (147 of 163)
Reach if approved
~185 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: imperial
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
176 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (147 changes in 55 works, 90.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 147)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … dissembler (who could have taught Tiberius craft, and Nero cruelty) was driven up the EmperiallImperial throne. Next day in all publick Edicts the name of Andronicus was set before …
    With rule
    … dissembler (who could have taught Tiberius craft, and Nero cruelty) was driven up the EmperiallImperial throne. Next day in all publick Edicts the name of Andronicus was set before …

    Thomas Fuller · The Holy State · p. 431 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … one Souldier at first, and then in more, was the foundation of Claudius his EmperiallImperial power, against the will, consultations, and endeavours of Consuls and Senate. And for Nero …
    With rule
    … one Souldier at first, and then in more, was the foundation of Claudius his EmperiallImperial power, against the will, consultations, and endeavours of Consuls and Senate. And for Nero …

    Francis Rous · The Lawfulness of Obeying the Present Government · p. 2 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … God is the Lord of Hoſtes, and this world a warfare. And as the EmperiallImperial Armies had three Signa Militaria to be given them, ſo hath Gods mercy afforded …
    With rule
    … God is the Lord of Hoſtes, and this world a warfare. And as the EmperiallImperial Armies had three Signa Militaria to be given them, ſo hath Gods mercy afforded …

    John Donne · Essays in Divinity · p. 135 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … wherwith we curse others, the iust God curseth vs. Wee shall find in that EmperiallImperial state of Rome, that till Constantines time almost euery Emperour dyed by treason or …
    With rule
    … wherwith we curse others, the iust God curseth vs. Wee shall find in that EmperiallImperial state of Rome, that till Constantines time almost euery Emperour dyed by treason or …

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 81 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … also, yt none of his flocke might lyue to make any clayme to the EmperiallImperial Crowne after him. A Tyraunt mete to set vp the tiranny of the Byshop …
    With rule
    … also, yt none of his flocke might lyue to make any clayme to the EmperiallImperial Crowne after him. A Tyraunt mete to set vp the tiranny of the Byshop …

    Thomas Becon · The Relics of Rome · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … up upon the wings of ambition, to the higheſt top of honour, power and EmperiallImperial majeſtie, hee purſued his former lord and maſter, tooke him priſoner, firſt ſlew his …
    With rule
    … up upon the wings of ambition, to the higheſt top of honour, power and EmperiallImperial majeſtie, hee purſued his former lord and maſter, tooke him priſoner, firſt ſlew his …

    Richard Bernard · The Ready Way to Good Works · p. 424 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    And rules the World by his EmperiallImperial-might,
    With rule
    And rules the World by his EmperiallImperial-might,

    John Vicars · Englands Hallelujah · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … next Conclaue, and to restore the Papacy (as he thought or pretended) to the EmperiallImperial Crowne.
    With rule
    … next Conclaue, and to restore the Papacy (as he thought or pretended) to the EmperiallImperial Crowne.

    John Donne · Pseudo-Martyr · p. 28 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (16)

7 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 9 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Bee Hive of the Romish Church A07026

  • Printed
    a princelie and emperiallImperial crowne:
    With rule
    a princelie and emperiallImperial crowne:

    Phillips Marnix · The Bee Hive of the Romish Church · p. 168 · Open in the reader

A Key of Knowledge to Open Revelation A09237

  • Printed
    … giuen to it, and chalengeth as proper to his hierarchicall iuriſdiction, and to his emperiallImperial ſtate; thus I ſuppoſe we haue the name. Now the marke of that Romane …
    With rule
    … giuen to it, and chalengeth as proper to his hierarchicall iuriſdiction, and to his emperiallImperial ſtate; thus I ſuppoſe we haue the name. Now the marke of that Romane …

    Richard Bernard · A Key of Knowledge to Open Revelation · p. 229 · Open in the reader

The History of the Church Since the Days of Christ A13294

  • Printed
    … and slew Orestes at Pagia, and compelled his sonne Augustulus, to denude himselfe of emperiallImperial honours so that the Romane empire, as it began in the person of Augustus …
    With rule
    … and slew Orestes at Pagia, and compelled his sonne Augustulus, to denude himselfe of emperiallImperial honours so that the Romane empire, as it began in the person of Augustus …

    Patrick Simson · The History of the Church Since the Days of Christ · p. 85 · Open in the reader

History of the First Ten Persecutions A13296

  • Printed
    … and died, when he had scarce reigned 1. yeere. So his father Zeno had the emperiallImperial soueraignitie 17 yeeres: he was of a bad religion, dissolute in manners, intemperate, effeminate, and …
    With rule
    … and died, when he had scarce reigned 1. yeere. So his father Zeno had the emperiallImperial soueraignitie 17 yeeres: he was of a bad religion, dissolute in manners, intemperate, effeminate, and …

    Patrick Simson · History of the First Ten Persecutions · p. 7 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … and slew Orestes at Papia, and compelled his sonne Augustulus, to denude himselfe of emperiallImperial honours: so that the Romane empire, as it beganne in the person of Augustus …
    With rule
    … and slew Orestes at Papia, and compelled his sonne Augustulus, to denude himselfe of emperiallImperial honours: so that the Romane empire, as it beganne in the person of Augustus …

    Patrick Simson · History of the First Ten Persecutions · p. 7 · Open in the reader

The Key of the Revelation A89026

  • Printed
    … footſtoole to the throne peculiarly ſo called ſuch kinde of parts or appurtenances, that emperiallImperial throne of Salomon is ſaid to have had. So much of the throne.
    With rule
    … footſtoole to the throne peculiarly ſo called ſuch kinde of parts or appurtenances, that emperiallImperial throne of Salomon is ſaid to have had. So much of the throne.

    Joseph Mede · The Key of the Revelation · p. 35 · Open in the reader

A Hundred Sermons on Revelation B11837

  • Printed
    … publiſhed daylie in a maner newe. The Popes therefore after the imitation of the emperiallImperial lawes, haue written decretalles, and many tymes make newe lawes. Yea, moreouer they ſaie …
    With rule
    … publiſhed daylie in a maner newe. The Popes therefore after the imitation of the emperiallImperial lawes, haue written decretalles, and many tymes make newe lawes. Yea, moreouer they ſaie …

    Henrich Bullinger · A Hundred Sermons on Revelation · p. 403 · Open in the reader