Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4313 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

sobrietiesobriety

ie for a final y, y for i: mercie → mercy, tyme → time.

Puritas changed it: 1,162 times in 414 works
Consistency: 99.8% (1,162 of 1,164)
Reach if approved: ~1,224 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: sobriety
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,165 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,162 changes in 414 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,162)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… of Laodi…ea cap. 59. Augustine receiueth the boks of Macchabees but with condition of sobrietiesobriety in the reader or hearer. Aug… consec. …pist. Gaudent. cap. 13. Last of al the …
With rule
… of Laodi…ea cap. 59. Augustine receiueth the boks of Macchabees but with condition of sobrietiesobriety in the reader or hearer. Aug… consec. …pist. Gaudent. cap. 13. Last of al the …
William Fulke · A Retentive to Stay Good Christians · p. 86 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vnto that ſobrietiesobriety of the mind? or is it his purpoſe to exhort vnto ſobrietiesobriety in drinking alſo, together with that other? I aunſwere that he requireth both: in …
With rule
… vnto that ſobrietiesobriety of the mind? or is it his purpoſe to exhort vnto ſobrietiesobriety in drinking alſo, together with that other? I aunſwere that he requireth both: in …
George Gifford · Two Sermons on 1 Peter 5:8-9 · p. 36 · Open in the reader
Printed
… wes driuen to bring furth the godly meaning of the same wordes, with all sobrietiesobriety, to the releif of the simple, that by all apperēce might els haue bene …
With rule
… wes driuen to bring furth the godly meaning of the same wordes, with all sobrietiesobriety, to the releif of the simple, that by all apperēce might els haue bene …
George Hay · The Confutation of the Abbot of Crosraguels Mass · p. 51 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by establishment of orders thereunto opposite. The way to bring a drunken mā to sobrietiesobriety, is to carry him as far frō excesse of drink as may be. To …
With rule
… by establishment of orders thereunto opposite. The way to bring a drunken mā to sobrietiesobriety, is to carry him as far frō excesse of drink as may be. To …
Richard Hooker · The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity · p. 172 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and judgments; and alvvaies ſtirre up al, of all ſorts, to godlines, righteouſnes, and ſobrietiesobriety; and defend the truth of God againſt all adverſaries; and finally to governe the …
With rule
… and judgments; and alvvaies ſtirre up al, of all ſorts, to godlines, righteouſnes, and ſobrietiesobriety; and defend the truth of God againſt all adverſaries; and finally to governe the …
Francis Johnson · A Christian Plea · p. 260 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vnto all kinde of sinners, swaruing from the way of pietie, of righteousnesse, and sobrietiesobriety: Thou art an Atheist, an idolater, a profaner of God his Sabbath, an oppressour …
With rule
… vnto all kinde of sinners, swaruing from the way of pietie, of righteousnesse, and sobrietiesobriety: Thou art an Atheist, an idolater, a profaner of God his Sabbath, an oppressour …
David Lindsay · The Godly Mans Journey to Heaven · p. 47 · Open in the reader
Printed
… her, her chaste and sober behauoure, her Christen and godly manners, her modestie, grauitie, sobrietiesobriety, and womanlines, her faith, obediēce, humilitie, silence, quietnes, honestie, howsewiuelines, and such other fruites …
With rule
… her, her chaste and sober behauoure, her Christen and godly manners, her modestie, grauitie, sobrietiesobriety, and womanlines, her faith, obediēce, humilitie, silence, quietnes, honestie, howsewiuelines, and such other fruites …
Thomas Becon · The Sick Mans Salve · p. 210 · Open in the reader
Printed
Now therefore to come to your queſtion, I will ſpeake of it in all ſobrietiesobriety accordinge to that meaſure of faith which the Lord hath given me.
With rule
Now therefore to come to your queſtion, I will ſpeake of it in all ſobrietiesobriety accordinge to that meaſure of faith which the Lord hath given me.
John Forbes · Letter to Merchants · p. 13 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

2 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.

A Golden Chain A09339

Printed
SObrietieSobriety in iudgement is, when a man either suspendeth his opinion of his neighbours sayings …
With rule
SObrietieSobriety in iudgement is, when a man either suspendeth his opinion of his neighbours sayings …
William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 725 · Open in the reader

The Art of Rhetoric A15530

Printed
SObrietieSobriety is a bridelyng by discrecion the wilfulnesse of desire.
With rule
SObrietieSobriety is a bridelyng by discrecion the wilfulnesse of desire.
Thomas Wilson · The Art of Rhetoric · Open in the reader