Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11830 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

tearmeterm

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

Puritas changed it: 1,183 times in 459 works
Consistency: 94.4% (1,183 of 1,252)
Reach if approved: ~1,315 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: term
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,252 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,183 changes in 459 works, 94.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,183)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… which it hath vpon thy ſoule. There be three ſpeciall things which I may tearmeterm the aime of the whole Scripture. That doctrine w^ch tends to the furtherance of …
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… which it hath vpon thy ſoule. There be three ſpeciall things which I may tearmeterm the aime of the whole Scripture. That doctrine w^ch tends to the furtherance of …
Samuel Hieron · The Doctrines Trial · p. 58 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the one, or the other, or both; and then it is no iniurie to tearmeterm them as they are. When they separate themselues they, are foreign, not iudged by vs …
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… the one, or the other, or both; and then it is no iniurie to tearmeterm them as they are. When they separate themselues they, are foreign, not iudged by vs …
Richard Hooker · Two Sermons Upon Jude · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
… When one saith, An Aethiopian is white, neither the tearm Aethiopian alone, nor the tearmeterm white alone, in it selfe, needeth distinction, because it is not equiuocall. foreign: What a …
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… When one saith, An Aethiopian is white, neither the tearm Aethiopian alone, nor the tearmeterm white alone, in it selfe, needeth distinction, because it is not equiuocall. foreign: What a …
Daniel Featley · The Romish Fisher Caught and Held in his Own Net · Open in the reader
Printed
… hurtefull, malicious, and pestilent? By Induction? What if he haue do mynyon as you tearmeterm it) in the Natiuitie of a Prynce, a warryoure, or a Sanguyne? Naye, there …
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… hurtefull, malicious, and pestilent? By Induction? What if he haue do mynyon as you tearmeterm it) in the Natiuitie of a Prynce, a warryoure, or a Sanguyne? Naye, there …
William Fulke · Anti-Prognostication · Open in the reader
Printed
… he hath) saith is an obscure place, and is pleased a little after to tearmeterm it no better then durt, which wee Protestants, like Eeles, desire to hide our …
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… he hath) saith is an obscure place, and is pleased a little after to tearmeterm it no better then durt, which wee Protestants, like Eeles, desire to hide our …
Thomas Gataker · Discussion of the Popish Doctrine of Transubstantiation · p. 117 · Open in the reader
Printed
… God. There are yet another ſort of men, I cannot tell what I ſhould tearmeterm them, that are confuted by this place: they hold that a man for the …
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… God. There are yet another ſort of men, I cannot tell what I ſhould tearmeterm them, that are confuted by this place: they hold that a man for the …
George Gifford · Four Sermons · Open in the reader
Printed
… such men are to depart, how gladly they would indent, that their life and tearmeterm of their lease might after an hundred yeeres expired, bee renewed for an hundred …
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… such men are to depart, how gladly they would indent, that their life and tearmeterm of their lease might after an hundred yeeres expired, bee renewed for an hundred …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 687 · Open in the reader
Printed
… same: goe to him for preuenting grace, for confirming grace, for perseuering grace, &c; tearmeterm it how you will, hee is the God of euery grace, as Peter telles …
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… same: goe to him for preuenting grace, for confirming grace, for perseuering grace, &c; tearmeterm it how you will, hee is the God of euery grace, as Peter telles …
Robert Harris · The Way to True Happiness · p. 123 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (69)

36 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 34 are listed here. 33 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Expositions Upon Divers Parts of Scripture A00415

Printed
… thing, but that the diſtance of place hindered, as ſuch as goe to the TearmeTerm at London, leaue theyr wiues at home.
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… thing, but that the diſtance of place hindered, as ſuch as goe to the TearmeTerm at London, leaue theyr wiues at home.
George Estey · Expositions Upon Divers Parts of Scripture · p. 107 · Open in the reader

Law A00741

Printed
… laſt of al deliuered: without which deliuerie, the deuiſee can neither enter into a TearmeTerm, nor take a chattell perſonall deuiſed to him. But vpon a leaſe deuiſed for …
With rule
… laſt of al deliuered: without which deliuerie, the deuiſee can neither enter into a TearmeTerm, nor take a chattell perſonall deuiſed to him. But vpon a leaſe deuiſed for …
Henry Finch · Law · p. 172 · Open in the reader

Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright A01115

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… The xxxiiij. yeare of the reigne of the king, in the beginning of Hillarie TearmeTerm, the King kept a Parlement at Carlil, where great complaintes were brought in by …
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… The xxxiiij. yeare of the reigne of the king, in the beginning of Hillarie TearmeTerm, the King kept a Parlement at Carlil, where great complaintes were brought in by …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 245 · Open in the reader

Nature and Use of Lots A01545

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… and of the principall the last and the least is taken from the other TearmeTerm in the point questioned, to wit, recreation or game, and the right vse and …
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… and of the principall the last and the least is taken from the other TearmeTerm in the point questioned, to wit, recreation or game, and the right vse and …
Thomas Gataker · Nature and Use of Lots · p. 178 · Open in the reader

Four Godly and Learned Treatises A09965

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… great sinne: so it is to omit the Sacrament: you have diverse Sacraments every TearmeTerm, and if your businesse hinder you from one, you may come to another; yea …
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… great sinne: so it is to omit the Sacrament: you have diverse Sacraments every TearmeTerm, and if your businesse hinder you from one, you may come to another; yea …
John Preston · Four Godly and Learned Treatises · p. 291 · Open in the reader

A Quench-Coal A10197

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… the rayle, the enjoyning of Ministers to read the second service (as they now TearmeTerm it) at the Table, when there is no Communion, & to ducke, to bow vnto …
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… the rayle, the enjoyning of Ministers to read the second service (as they now TearmeTerm it) at the Table, when there is no Communion, & to ducke, to bow vnto …
William Prynne · A Quench-Coal · p. 189 · Open in the reader

Sermons in One Volume A12406

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… hath none; like a ſuter in law, which thinkes to haue an end this TearmeTerm and that TearmeTerm, and the Lawyer which ſhould procure his peace, prolongeth his ſtrife …
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… hath none; like a ſuter in law, which thinkes to haue an end this TearmeTerm and that TearmeTerm, and the Lawyer which ſhould procure his peace, prolongeth his ſtrife …
Henry Smith · Sermons in One Volume · p. 209 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a ſuter in law, which thinkes to haue an end this TearmeTerm and that TearmeTerm, and the Lawyer which ſhould procure his peace, prolongeth his ſtrife; becauſe he hath …
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… a ſuter in law, which thinkes to haue an end this TearmeTerm and that TearmeTerm, and the Lawyer which ſhould procure his peace, prolongeth his ſtrife; becauſe he hath …
Henry Smith · Sermons in One Volume · p. 209 · Open in the reader
Printed
… when the day is paſt, he would it were to begin again; when the TearmeTerm is ended, hee wiſheth it were to come againe; and though his houſe bee …
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… when the day is paſt, he would it were to begin again; when the TearmeTerm is ended, hee wiſheth it were to come againe; and though his houſe bee …
Henry Smith · Sermons in One Volume · p. 209 · Open in the reader

The Practice of Repentance A13551

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… For conscience keepeth Court in the soule at all times, there is a continuall TearmeTerm: it hath a power to examine, witnesse, and sentence at any time. And this …
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… For conscience keepeth Court in the soule at all times, there is a continuall TearmeTerm: it hath a power to examine, witnesse, and sentence at any time. And this …
Thomas Taylor · The Practice of Repentance · p. 302 · Open in the reader

A Christian Dictionary A15520

Printed
TearmeTerm, conclusion, or last end of a thing: also scope or marke. Rom. 6, 22. And the …
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TearmeTerm, conclusion, or last end of a thing: also scope or marke. Rom. 6, 22. And the …
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 124 · Open in the reader
Printed
2 TearmeTerm, period, and shutting vp of ones life. Psalme 31, 15. My Times are in thy handes …
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2 TearmeTerm, period, and shutting vp of ones life. Psalme 31, 15. My Times are in thy handes …
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 490 · Open in the reader

A Childs Patrimony A15695

Printed
foreign, &c. The TearmeTerm of Gods ſervice admits no Vacation. Id. Strom. li. 1. p. 201. Prov. 23. 17. 1 Cor. 15. 58.
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foreign, &c. The TearmeTerm of Gods ſervice admits no Vacation. Id. Strom. li. 1. p. 201. Prov. 23. 17. 1 Cor. 15. 58.
Hezekiah Woodward · A Childs Patrimony · Open in the reader

A Short Explanation of Hebrews A20414

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… Importeth not suspicion of falling away; but serveth to farther Perseverance rather▪ 3. No other TearmeTerm-day is set to our diligence, but the ende. No licence to slacke, or …
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… Importeth not suspicion of falling away; but serveth to farther Perseverance rather▪ 3. No other TearmeTerm-day is set to our diligence, but the ende. No licence to slacke, or …
David Dickson · A Short Explanation of Hebrews · p. 102 · Open in the reader

Commentary Upon Philemon A22481

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… cauſes of their Clients, and protract the time in hope of farther gaine; from TearmeTerm to TearmeTerm, and from yeare to yeare. As there may be too great haſt …
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… cauſes of their Clients, and protract the time in hope of farther gaine; from TearmeTerm to TearmeTerm, and from yeare to yeare. As there may be too great haſt …
William Attersoll · Commentary Upon Philemon · p. 390 · Open in the reader
Printed
… their Clients, and protract the time in hope of farther gaine; from TearmeTerm to TearmeTerm, and from yeare to yeare. As there may be too great haſt, ſo there …
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… their Clients, and protract the time in hope of farther gaine; from TearmeTerm to TearmeTerm, and from yeare to yeare. As there may be too great haſt, ſo there …
William Attersoll · Commentary Upon Philemon · p. 390 · Open in the reader

A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government A29737

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… of all beholde…s. This yeere by reason of a sweating sicknesse, Michaelm…s TearmeTerm was adjourned; and the yeere following, Trinity TearmeTerm was held one day at Oxford …
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… of all beholde…s. This yeere by reason of a sweating sicknesse, Michaelm…s TearmeTerm was adjourned; and the yeere following, Trinity TearmeTerm was held one day at Oxford …
Sir Richard Baker · A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of a sweating sicknesse, Michaelm…s TearmeTerm was adjourned; and the yeere following, Trinity TearmeTerm was held one day at Oxford, and then adjourned againe to Westminster.
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… of a sweating sicknesse, Michaelm…s TearmeTerm was adjourned; and the yeere following, Trinity TearmeTerm was held one day at Oxford, and then adjourned againe to Westminster.
Sir Richard Baker · A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Sir Th…mas Wriothsley Lord-Chancelour, was made Knight of the Garter, also Trinity TearmeTerm was adjourned, by reason of the warres but the Exchequer and the Court of …
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… Sir Th…mas Wriothsley Lord-Chancelour, was made Knight of the Garter, also Trinity TearmeTerm was adjourned, by reason of the warres but the Exchequer and the Court of …
Sir Richard Baker · A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government · p. 58 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Sweating-sicknesse, which afterwards infected all places of the Realme; by reason whereof the TearmeTerm was adjourned, and the Cicuit of the Assizes also; many dyed in the Court …
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… Sweating-sicknesse, which afterwards infected all places of the Realme; by reason whereof the TearmeTerm was adjourned, and the Cicuit of the Assizes also; many dyed in the Court …
Sir Richard Baker · A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government · p. 66 · Open in the reader
Printed
… six and thirtieth yeere, was a great Plague in London, so as Michaelm…s TearmeTerm was adjourned to Saint Albones, and there kept. In his seven and thirtieth yeere …
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… six and thirtieth yeere, was a great Plague in London, so as Michaelm…s TearmeTerm was adjourned to Saint Albones, and there kept. In his seven and thirtieth yeere …
Sir Richard Baker · A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government · p. 66 · Open in the reader

Canterburys Doom A56144

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MY Buſineſſes concerning my Tranſlation are now almoſt over, and thoſe of TearmeTerm ready to begin. And in the interim I am commanded by His Majeſty to …
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MY Buſineſſes concerning my Tranſlation are now almoſt over, and thoſe of TearmeTerm ready to begin. And in the interim I am commanded by His Majeſty to …
William Prynne · Canterburys Doom · p. 141 · Open in the reader

Hidden Works of Darkness Brought to Public Light A56171

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… for I feare all the Bishops are to appeare about the beginning of Easter TearmeTerm to declare their resolutions touching the same propositions.
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… for I feare all the Bishops are to appeare about the beginning of Easter TearmeTerm to declare their resolutions touching the same propositions.
William Prynne · Hidden Works of Darkness Brought to Public Light · p. 97 · Open in the reader

The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms A56211

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… their desire for that time. Anno 1254. in another Parliament summoned at London, in Easter TearmeTerm, the Lords and Commons require and claime againe their former Rights in electing the …
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… their desire for that time. Anno 1254. in another Parliament summoned at London, in Easter TearmeTerm, the Lords and Commons require and claime againe their former Rights in electing the …
William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms · p. 49 · Open in the reader

A Sons Patrimony and Daughters Portion A67005

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foreign, &c. The TearmeTerm of Gods ſervice admits no Vacation. Id. Strom. li. 1. p. 201. Prov. 23. 17. 1 Cor. 15. 58.
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foreign, &c. The TearmeTerm of Gods ſervice admits no Vacation. Id. Strom. li. 1. p. 201. Prov. 23. 17. 1 Cor. 15. 58.
Hezekiah Woodward · A Sons Patrimony and Daughters Portion · Open in the reader

The White Wolf A69197

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… OR, A Sermon Preached at PAVLS Croſſe, Feb. 11. being the laſt Sonday in Hillarie TearmeTerm, Anno 1627. and printed ſomewhat more largely then the time would permit at that preſent …
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… OR, A Sermon Preached at PAVLS Croſſe, Feb. 11. being the laſt Sonday in Hillarie TearmeTerm, Anno 1627. and printed ſomewhat more largely then the time would permit at that preſent …
Stephen Denison · The White Wolf · Open in the reader

Discover of the Prelates Tyranny A70870

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… and these collections, and repaireth with them, on the second Lords-Daymorning in Candlemas TearmeTerm 1632, to Lincolns Inne, to Master Noy then Kings Attourney generall; and keeping him on …
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… and these collections, and repaireth with them, on the second Lords-Daymorning in Candlemas TearmeTerm 1632, to Lincolns Inne, to Master Noy then Kings Attourney generall; and keeping him on …
William Prynne · Discover of the Prelates Tyranny · Open in the reader

Treatise on Three Things A86423

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… would know what a promiſe is, I ſhall diſcover my thoughts in this generall TearmeTerm that includes all.
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… would know what a promiſe is, I ſhall diſcover my thoughts in this generall TearmeTerm that includes all.
Paul Hobson · Treatise on Three Things · p. 49 · Open in the reader

Jurisdictions A87798

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… is no Mortmaine, but in the firſt caſe it is by colour of a TearmeTerm, and Mortmaine 29 H, 8, Mortmaine, 39.
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… is no Mortmaine, but in the firſt caſe it is by colour of a TearmeTerm, and Mortmaine 29 H, 8, Mortmaine, 39.
John Kitchin · Jurisdictions · p. 76 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Leſsee for a dying Pan, and though the Leſsee may remove them during his TearmeTerm.
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… Leſsee for a dying Pan, and though the Leſsee may remove them during his TearmeTerm.
John Kitchin · Jurisdictions · p. 87 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Son of the firſt Belly dies without Iſſue, before admittance, and during the TearmeTerm: and Dyer ſaith, that the poſſeſſion of the Wife of the Termor or of …
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… the Son of the firſt Belly dies without Iſſue, before admittance, and during the TearmeTerm: and Dyer ſaith, that the poſſeſſion of the Wife of the Termor or of …
John Kitchin · Jurisdictions · p. 172 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Coniſee may hold over his Tearm, and the Coniſor cannot enter during the TearmeTerm of extent, but ſhall have a Scire facias, and ſhall not have that before …
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… the Coniſee may hold over his Tearm, and the Coniſor cannot enter during the TearmeTerm of extent, but ſhall have a Scire facias, and ſhall not have that before …
John Kitchin · Jurisdictions · p. 229 · Open in the reader
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… extent, but ſhall have a Scire facias, and ſhall not have that before the TearmeTerm ended, without aquittance, or that he leave Money in the Court, and where the …
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… extent, but ſhall have a Scire facias, and ſhall not have that before the TearmeTerm ended, without aquittance, or that he leave Money in the Court, and where the …
John Kitchin · Jurisdictions · p. 229 · Open in the reader

Protestation of George Lawrence A88806

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1. Know, that the TearmeTerm, All popery, hath a large Periphery and circumference, which as it doth reach out …
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1. Know, that the TearmeTerm, All popery, hath a large Periphery and circumference, which as it doth reach out …
George Lawrence · Protestation of George Lawrence · Open in the reader