Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11404 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

autorityauthority

Everything else the mechanical classes do not explain: shew → show, then → than.

Puritas changed it: 719 times in 113 works
Consistency: 100% (719 of 719)
Reach if approved: ~755 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: authority
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 719 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (719 changes in 113 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 719)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the Church, y^• head & singuler shepheard of the same, without acknow legeing of whose autorityauthority they hold, y^• there is no church, no truth, no saluation. I omit that …
With rule
… the Church, y^• head & singuler shepheard of the same, without acknow legeing of whose autorityauthority they hold, y^• there is no church, no truth, no saluation. I omit that …
William Fulke · A Brief Confutation of a Popish Discourse · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… such thing is ment. Shew y^t Istaelites (saith God) & testify to thē a kings autorityauthority, & what a hing is, & what a king wil do. If y^t wyl not perswade …
With rule
… such thing is ment. Shew y^t Istaelites (saith God) & testify to thē a kings autorityauthority, & what a hing is, & what a king wil do. If y^t wyl not perswade …
Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · p. 64 · Open in the reader
Printed
… sēt of him, but also vnto al such wholsō lawes & iniunetions as by his autorityauthority be made for y^e tranquilt ty and wealth of vs his subiects. Graunt now …
With rule
… sēt of him, but also vnto al such wholsō lawes & iniunetions as by his autorityauthority be made for y^e tranquilt ty and wealth of vs his subiects. Graunt now …
Thomas Becon · The Governance of Virtue · Open in the reader
Printed
… thereby shewed. And Tertullian hauing said of them selues in Afrike that they haue autorityauthority from the Church of Rome, doth teach that the succession of that Church and …
With rule
… thereby shewed. And Tertullian hauing said of them selues in Afrike that they haue autorityauthority from the Church of Rome, doth teach that the succession of that Church and …
John Rainolds · Conference Between Rainolds and Hart · p. 442 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Prophets to foretell the comming of Chriſt. Therfore vnto vs ſo conſtant is the autorityauthority of propheſies, that to deny it, is vtterly to ouerthrow all religion. Wherefore Augustine …
With rule
… Prophets to foretell the comming of Chriſt. Therfore vnto vs ſo conſtant is the autorityauthority of propheſies, that to deny it, is vtterly to ouerthrow all religion. Wherefore Augustine …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentary on Romans · p. 309 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Antiochus Epiphanes with his Idole polluted the Temple, ſo the ancient marred their owne autorityauthority, when they agree with the vnreconcileable, the Iewes and Gentiles, writing vpon Daniel, and …
With rule
… Antiochus Epiphanes with his Idole polluted the Temple, ſo the ancient marred their owne autorityauthority, when they agree with the vnreconcileable, the Iewes and Gentiles, writing vpon Daniel, and …
Hugh Broughton · Order of the World · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that citty vvhere there is great Variety of judgments, the ouerruling vvherof by mans AutorityAuthority is not to bee expected, and vvhere there are so mamy hucksters for the …
With rule
… that citty vvhere there is great Variety of judgments, the ouerruling vvherof by mans AutorityAuthority is not to bee expected, and vvhere there are so mamy hucksters for the …
William Ames · Against Human Ceremonies in Gods Worship · Open in the reader
Printed
… solid foundation of truth or reason, 'tis but necessary they support their Party by AutorityAuthority; the countenance and applause of Great Persons, & God knows they have too much succeeded …
With rule
… solid foundation of truth or reason, 'tis but necessary they support their Party by AutorityAuthority; the countenance and applause of Great Persons, & God knows they have too much succeeded …
Richard Allestree · The Ladys Calling · p. 87 · 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.