Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11763 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

doctourdoctor

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

Puritas changed it: 1,420 times in 333 works
Consistency: 99.9% (1,420 of 1,421)
Reach if approved: ~1,493 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: doctor
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,421 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,420 changes in 333 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,420)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… when I ſend, and a ſmall thing doth recompence his paines, but let a DoctourDoctor of Phiſicke come, and an Angell is his due: the qualitie of his perſon …
With rule
… when I ſend, and a ſmall thing doth recompence his paines, but let a DoctourDoctor of Phiſicke come, and an Angell is his due: the qualitie of his perſon …
Paul Baynes · A Help to True Happiness · p. 57 · Open in the reader
Printed
❧ An homily or ſermon of the famous doctourdoctor Vrbanus Rhegius of fayth and reſurrection, vpon the Goſpell of Mathew in the ix …
With rule
❧ An homily or ſermon of the famous doctourdoctor Vrbanus Rhegius of fayth and reſurrection, vpon the Goſpell of Mathew in the ix …
Martin Luther · Exposition of Jeremiah 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… without anie daunger or scruple of conscience. And therefore it is, that the worthie DoctourDoctor Eckius, taking vpō him to defend this forbidding of meats by scripture, doth bring …
With rule
… without anie daunger or scruple of conscience. And therefore it is, that the worthie DoctourDoctor Eckius, taking vpō him to defend this forbidding of meats by scripture, doth bring …
Phillips Marnix · The Bee Hive of the Romish Church · p. 197 · Open in the reader
Printed
… worse then our old sicknesse. But when our diseases be committed to this heauenly DoctourDoctor, and hee is pleased to take them in hand, our venture is without all …
With rule
… worse then our old sicknesse. But when our diseases be committed to this heauenly DoctourDoctor, and hee is pleased to take them in hand, our venture is without all …
Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 312 · Open in the reader
Printed
… As for your fable of Iphigenia, and Hirtacus out of your newe founde olde doctourdoctor Abdias, we giue small credite vnto it: the verie names dooe sufficiently bewraie, the …
With rule
… As for your fable of Iphigenia, and Hirtacus out of your newe founde olde doctourdoctor Abdias, we giue small credite vnto it: the verie names dooe sufficiently bewraie, the …
William Fulke · A Confutation of a Popish and Slanderous Libel · p. 47 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a true Chriſtian, maye be able to deale againſt the greateſt and moſt ſkilfull DoctourDoctor that is, to proue that he hath no faith if he hath not good …
With rule
… a true Chriſtian, maye be able to deale againſt the greateſt and moſt ſkilfull DoctourDoctor that is, to proue that he hath no faith if he hath not good …
George Gifford · A Godly Zealous and Profitable Sermon Upon James 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
Than a doctourdoctor of lawe called mastre Iohan hempe / plucked out of his bosome a copye of …
With rule
Than a doctourdoctor of lawe called mastre Iohan hempe / plucked out of his bosome a copye of …
John Bale · Brief Chronicle Concerning Examination and Death of John Oldcastle · Open in the reader
Printed
… is called the onely DoctourDoctor and teacher of his Church, Matth. 23. 8. 10. One is your DoctourDoctor, to wit Christ.
With rule
… is called the onely DoctourDoctor and teacher of his Church, Matth. 23. 8. 10. One is your DoctourDoctor, to wit Christ.
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · p. 208 · 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.

Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 A67927

Printed
DOctourDoctor Leison, doctor of lawe, a Ciuilian, a Iustice of peace, the same who is …
With rule
DOctourDoctor Leison, doctor of lawe, a Ciuilian, a Iustice of peace, the same who is …
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 2136 · Open in the reader