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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4379 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

proprietiepropriety

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

Puritas changed it
654 times in 271 works
Consistency
95.2% (654 of 687)
Reach if approved
~722 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: propriety
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
687 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (654 changes in 271 works, 95.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 654)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … gooddes in common, but no vowe spoken of, that thei might neuer haue any proprietiepropriety of gooddes. Our sauiour Christe also speaketh of some, that had made theim self …
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    … gooddes in common, but no vowe spoken of, that thei might neuer haue any proprietiepropriety of gooddes. Our sauiour Christe also speaketh of some, that had made theim self …

    William Fulke · A Confutation of a Popish and Slanderous Libel · p. 47 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … yet it is but by way of metaphore; not literally and in a true proprietiepropriety of speech. To conceiue GOD to bee as man, with humane dimensions, was the …
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    … yet it is but by way of metaphore; not literally and in a true proprietiepropriety of speech. To conceiue GOD to bee as man, with humane dimensions, was the …

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 282 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … caſt the cauſe, Pſal. 3 laſt. The Prophet David attributeth this as a matter of proprietiepropriety to the Lord, Salvation belongs unto the Lord; it is not to be underſtood …
    With rule
    … caſt the cauſe, Pſal. 3 laſt. The Prophet David attributeth this as a matter of proprietiepropriety to the Lord, Salvation belongs unto the Lord; it is not to be underſtood …

    Thomas Hooker · Four Learned and Godly Treatises · p. 101 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … perfect then Monks, not poſſeſſing, then perfection conſiſteth not in the alienation of all proprietiepropriety of worldly goods. One or the other muſt needes bee falſe, except hee will …
    With rule
    … perfect then Monks, not poſſeſſing, then perfection conſiſteth not in the alienation of all proprietiepropriety of worldly goods. One or the other muſt needes bee falſe, except hee will …

    Thomas Beard · A Retractive from the Romish Religion · p. 274 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … appointed. In regard of the greatneſſe of the price, not in regard of the proprietiepropriety of Redemption, ſaith Saint Auguſtine.
    With rule
    … appointed. In regard of the greatneſſe of the price, not in regard of the proprietiepropriety of Redemption, ſaith Saint Auguſtine.

    Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 126 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … Christ. 1. Pet. 1. 18, 19. and this he performed by a double right, namely, by right of proprietiepropriety, as a King redeemes his subiects, the master his seruants: or by right of …
    With rule
    … Christ. 1. Pet. 1. 18, 19. and this he performed by a double right, namely, by right of proprietiepropriety, as a King redeemes his subiects, the master his seruants: or by right of …

    William Perkins · Commentary on Galatians 1-5 · p. 651 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … of the other nature, to which it is perſonallie vnited: but rather whether this proprietiepropriety (which in deed is proper to the Godhead alone) be in the manhood, to …
    With rule
    … of the other nature, to which it is perſonallie vnited: but rather whether this proprietiepropriety (which in deed is proper to the Godhead alone) be in the manhood, to …

    Theodore Beza · Two Sermons and The Lords Supper · p. 71 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … agreeth best with the Originall, word, for word, so far as the idiom, or proprietiepropriety of the Language will bear: so as for words, or phrases (in the Originall …
    With rule
    … agreeth best with the Originall, word, for word, so far as the idiom, or proprietiepropriety of the Language will bear: so as for words, or phrases (in the Originall …

    John Robinson · Observations Divine and Moral · p. 58 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (33)

23 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 10 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Rejoinder to Bristows Reply A01324

  • Printed
    … by which Christ doeth communicate his flesh vnto vs. Thirdly, he sayeth, that worde ProprietiePropriety, doeth signifie a person, because Augustine saith, Christ is a vine by similitude, non …
    With rule
    … by which Christ doeth communicate his flesh vnto vs. Thirdly, he sayeth, that worde ProprietiePropriety, doeth signifie a person, because Augustine saith, Christ is a vine by similitude, non …

    William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 639 · Open in the reader

Explication of Psalm 110 A10650

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    Secondly, the true Love of Christ is grounded upon the evidence of that ProprietiePropriety which the soule hath unto him. And of that mutuall inhabitation and possession which …
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    Secondly, the true Love of Christ is grounded upon the evidence of that ProprietiePropriety which the soule hath unto him. And of that mutuall inhabitation and possession which …

    Edward Reynolds · Explication of Psalm 110 · p. 71 · Open in the reader

The Shields of the Earth A10657

  • Printed
    And his they are divers wayes. 1. By a singular and more speciall ProprietiePropriety. Other things belong so to God, as that men also under him, and by …
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    And his they are divers wayes. 1. By a singular and more speciall ProprietiePropriety. Other things belong so to God, as that men also under him, and by …

    Edward Reynolds · The Shields of the Earth · p. 9 · Open in the reader

Three Treatises A10659

  • Printed
    PRoportion and ProprietiePropriety the grounds of satisfaction to the soule. Pag. 3
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    PRoportion and ProprietiePropriety the grounds of satisfaction to the soule. Pag. 3

    Edward Reynolds · Three Treatises · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … qualities or relations, wherein indeed the formalitie of Goodnesse doth consist; namely Proportion and ProprietiePropriety. First nothing can satisfie the desires of the Soule till it beares convenience and …
    With rule
    … qualities or relations, wherein indeed the formalitie of Goodnesse doth consist; namely Proportion and ProprietiePropriety. First nothing can satisfie the desires of the Soule till it beares convenience and …

    Edward Reynolds · Three Treatises · p. 3 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … him, because he hath no propriety unto any. Now sinne hath taken away the ProprietiePropriety which we have in Good, hath unlinked that golden chaine, whereby the Creature was …
    With rule
    … him, because he hath no propriety unto any. Now sinne hath taken away the ProprietiePropriety which we have in Good, hath unlinked that golden chaine, whereby the Creature was …

    Edward Reynolds · Three Treatises · p. 3 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … our Life by Christ, wee are in the last place to inquire into that ProprietiePropriety which wee have unto Christ, which is the ground of the Life wee receive …
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    … our Life by Christ, wee are in the last place to inquire into that ProprietiePropriety which wee have unto Christ, which is the ground of the Life wee receive …

    Edward Reynolds · Three Treatises · p. 461 · Open in the reader

Pseudo-Martyr A20647

  • Printed
    … lie no more there. But the Iesuites haue not so much deuested themselues of ProprietiePropriety, but that they may haue proprietiepropriety in tempor…ll possession: Yea, they will haue …
    With rule
    … lie no more there. But the Iesuites haue not so much deuested themselues of ProprietiePropriety, but that they may haue proprietiepropriety in tempor…ll possession: Yea, they will haue …

    John Donne · Pseudo-Martyr · p. 134 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … but that they may haue proprietiepropriety in tempor…ll possession: Yea, they will haue ProprietiePropriety in Treas…n; and will haue proper and singular Plots of their owne, and …
    With rule
    … but that they may haue proprietiepropriety in tempor…ll possession: Yea, they will haue ProprietiePropriety in Treas…n; and will haue proper and singular Plots of their owne, and …

    John Donne · Pseudo-Martyr · p. 134 · Open in the reader

Westminster Annotations A36467

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    … the women by themselves, according to their distinction, and difference of children and servants; ProprietiePropriety is usefull for peace, and privacie.
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    … the women by themselves, according to their distinction, and difference of children and servants; ProprietiePropriety is usefull for peace, and privacie.

    John Downame · Westminster Annotations · Open in the reader

The Court of the Gentiles Part 2 A41659

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    … Good, that is beſt which all need, and all may have Ʋniverſal diffuſiveneſs with ProprietiePropriety ſpeaks the object Ʋniverſally good, as God is. 8. That is the beſt Good, which …
    With rule
    … Good, that is beſt which all need, and all may have Ʋniverſal diffuſiveneſs with ProprietiePropriety ſpeaks the object Ʋniverſally good, as God is. 8. That is the beſt Good, which …

    Theophilus Gale · The Court of the Gentiles Part 2 · p. 371 · Open in the reader

The Court of the Gentiles Part 3 A41681

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    … al the Pagan Philoſophie was greatly defective, and thence vain in regard of this ProprietiePropriety, is evident in that it was not only for a great part fabuloſe and …
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    … al the Pagan Philoſophie was greatly defective, and thence vain in regard of this ProprietiePropriety, is evident in that it was not only for a great part fabuloſe and …

    Theophilus Gale · The Court of the Gentiles Part 3 · p. 78 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    §. 3. A ſecond ProprietiePropriety of true Philoſophie, according to the Philoſophers themſelves, is that it be a contemplation …
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    §. 3. A ſecond ProprietiePropriety of true Philoſophie, according to the Philoſophers themſelves, is that it be a contemplation …

    Theophilus Gale · The Court of the Gentiles Part 3 · p. 81 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    §. 10. The laſt ProprietiePropriety aſcribed to Pagan Philoſophie is foreign, a plaſtic, efformative, or transforming virtue: So Plato, Repub …
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    §. 10. The laſt ProprietiePropriety aſcribed to Pagan Philoſophie is foreign, a plaſtic, efformative, or transforming virtue: So Plato, Repub …

    Theophilus Gale · The Court of the Gentiles Part 3 · p. 95 · Open in the reader

The Court of the Gentiles Part 4 A41688

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    … The chiefeſt Good is moſt proper to every one, and yet commun to al: ProprietiePropriety with Communitie is proper only to the chiefeſt Good. There are ſeveral other proprieties …
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    … The chiefeſt Good is moſt proper to every one, and yet commun to al: ProprietiePropriety with Communitie is proper only to the chiefeſt Good. There are ſeveral other proprieties …

    Theophilus Gale · The Court of the Gentiles Part 4 · p. 18 · Open in the reader

The Saints Amity with God in Christ A41751

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    … Soverain Wil and Grace, gives moſt content to him. It is made a main ProprietiePropriety of Friendſhip, to conſent to our friend in thoſe things that he wils. Now …
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    … Soverain Wil and Grace, gives moſt content to him. It is made a main ProprietiePropriety of Friendſhip, to conſent to our friend in thoſe things that he wils. Now …

    Theophilus Gale · The Saints Amity with God in Christ · p. 398 · Open in the reader

The Voice of the Rod A61667

  • Printed
    … theſe Mercies, and muſt ſhortly give up your account of them. They are God's ProprietiePropriety, and the Souls that he hath made.
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    … theſe Mercies, and muſt ſhortly give up your account of them. They are God's ProprietiePropriety, and the Souls that he hath made.

    Samuel Stodden · The Voice of the Rod · p. 201 · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

  • Printed
    … Time it ſelfe; neither is he a greater enemie to thrift, than to idleneſſe. ProprietiePropriety is to him enough cauſe of diſlike; each thing pleaſes him better that is …
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    … Time it ſelfe; neither is he a greater enemie to thrift, than to idleneſſe. ProprietiePropriety is to him enough cauſe of diſlike; each thing pleaſes him better that is …

    Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 191 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … faire compoſition, whether of price, or of exchange: His gouernment was vicious, not tyrannicall; ProprietiePropriety of goods was inuiolably maintained by him; No leſſe was Naboth allowed to claime …
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    … faire compoſition, whether of price, or of exchange: His gouernment was vicious, not tyrannicall; ProprietiePropriety of goods was inuiolably maintained by him; No leſſe was Naboth allowed to claime …

    Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 1356 · Open in the reader

The Vanity of the Lives and Passions of Men A90884

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    The third ProprietiePropriety of Envie, is, That it enticeth men to cruelty, for if Might and Power …
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    The third ProprietiePropriety of Envie, is, That it enticeth men to cruelty, for if Might and Power …

    David Papillon · The Vanity of the Lives and Passions of Men · p. 406 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Song of Solomon A91908

  • Printed
    ProprietiePropriety.
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    ProprietiePropriety.

    John Robotham · Exposition of Song of Solomon · Open in the reader

Three Decades of Sermons A96523

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    … anothers: all would become common (as ſome Anabaptiſticall ſpirits would have it) and no ProprietiePropriety in goods; no man could ſay that any thing he poſſeſſeth were his own …
    With rule
    … anothers: all would become common (as ſome Anabaptiſticall ſpirits would have it) and no ProprietiePropriety in goods; no man could ſay that any thing he poſſeſſeth were his own …

    Dean Henry Wilkinson · Three Decades of Sermons · p. 151 · Open in the reader

History of the Old Testament Volume 7 B13857

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    … faire compoſition, whether of price, or of exchange: His gouernment was vicious, not tyrannicall; ProprietiePropriety of goods was inuiolably maintained by him; No leſſe was Naboth allowed to claime …
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    … faire compoſition, whether of price, or of exchange: His gouernment was vicious, not tyrannicall; ProprietiePropriety of goods was inuiolably maintained by him; No leſſe was Naboth allowed to claime …

    Joseph Hall · History of the Old Testament Volume 7 · p. 258 · Open in the reader