Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #33359 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

cityescities

Two or more mechanical changes in one word: sinne → sin, vnderstande → understand.

Puritas changed it: 254 times in 89 works
Consistency: 100% (254 of 254)
Reach if approved: ~268 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: cities
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 255 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (254 changes in 89 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 254)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… nor the Magiſtrates doe make ſo, neither there, to other Nations, nor, in other CityesCities, to other Engliſh Churches, and ſeing, by that pretence, they are deprived of many …
With rule
… nor the Magiſtrates doe make ſo, neither there, to other Nations, nor, in other CityesCities, to other Engliſh Churches, and ſeing, by that pretence, they are deprived of many …
John Davenport · Reply to a Book · p. 91 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Kin. 3. 25.) that, when the Moabites fled before Iſrael, The purſuing Iſraelites beat down their CityesCities, and on every good peece of Land, caſt every man his Stone, and filled …
With rule
… Kin. 3. 25.) that, when the Moabites fled before Iſrael, The purſuing Iſraelites beat down their CityesCities, and on every good peece of Land, caſt every man his Stone, and filled …
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 4-7 · p. 377 · Open in the reader
Printed
… very fruitful, abounding with all neceſſaryes, as Deut. 8.7, 8, 9. The Canaanites are ſaid to have CityesCities walled up to Heaven. Deut. 1.28. That is, fenced with high walls. Deut. 3.5. So when …
With rule
… very fruitful, abounding with all neceſſaryes, as Deut. 8.7, 8, 9. The Canaanites are ſaid to have CityesCities walled up to Heaven. Deut. 1.28. That is, fenced with high walls. Deut. 3.5. So when …
William Gearing · A Bridle for the Tongue · p. 310 · Open in the reader
Printed
Villare Anglicum, or a view of all the CityesCities, Towns and Villages in England, Alphabetically composed; by the appointment of Sir Henry Spelman …
With rule
Villare Anglicum, or a view of all the CityesCities, Towns and Villages in England, Alphabetically composed; by the appointment of Sir Henry Spelman …
Richard Steele · The Christian Religion · Open in the reader
Printed
… unto Jeremiah at this time, when the people were gathered out of all their cityescities to one of the great feaſts at Jeruſalem, and there was a general concourſe …
With rule
… unto Jeremiah at this time, when the people were gathered out of all their cityescities to one of the great feaſts at Jeruſalem, and there was a general concourſe …
Samuel Willard · The Childs Portion · p. 173 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of Phyſitians and Iudges were wanting: becauſe, of neceſſity, there was converſant in thoſe cityescities, both intemperance, and iniuſtice.
With rule
… of Phyſitians and Iudges were wanting: becauſe, of neceſſity, there was converſant in thoſe cityescities, both intemperance, and iniuſtice.
Petrus Ramus · Logic in Two Books · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the wyldernes, beyng an infinite number, where no meate is, seynge that in the cityescities where was more meate, and lesse gatherynge of the people, we had neuer feaste …
With rule
… the wyldernes, beyng an infinite number, where no meate is, seynge that in the cityescities where was more meate, and lesse gatherynge of the people, we had neuer feaste …
Thomas Lever · Sermon Preached Third Sunday in Lent · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſuperfluires ſuccoure y^e pore / of which ſort ſhall ever be ſome in all townes cityescities / & villages / & y^t I ſuppoſe y^• greayeſt nowmbre. Remēbre y^• we ar mēbres of one …
With rule
… ſuperfluires ſuccoure y^e pore / of which ſort ſhall ever be ſome in all townes cityescities / & villages / & y^t I ſuppoſe y^• greayeſt nowmbre. Remēbre y^• we ar mēbres of one …
William Tyndale · Faith Justifies Us Before We Can Bring Forth any Good Work · 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.