Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4508 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

matrimoniematrimony

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

Puritas changed it: 814 times in 205 works
Consistency: 99.3% (814 of 819)
Reach if approved: ~861 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: matrimony
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 819 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (814 changes in 205 works, 99.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 814)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… no other, than an holy ſignificant rite: in thoſe times, than to have called MatrimonieMatrimony, Orders &c. Sacraments, had beene (it may be without all manner of offence. But …
With rule
… no other, than an holy ſignificant rite: in thoſe times, than to have called MatrimonieMatrimony, Orders &c. Sacraments, had beene (it may be without all manner of offence. But …
Henry Jeanes · Concerning a Christians Careful Abstinence from All Appearance of Evil · p. 34 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Pope hath power to diſpence with all manner of perſons in the contract of MatrimonieMatrimony, (the Father with his daughter, and the mother with her Sonne) onely excepted. And …
With rule
… Pope hath power to diſpence with all manner of perſons in the contract of MatrimonieMatrimony, (the Father with his daughter, and the mother with her Sonne) onely excepted. And …
Thomas Beard · A Retractive from the Romish Religion · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… And yee may justly be cal'd lecherous priests. For ye abhorre godly and lawfull matrimoniematrimony, and ye defile your selves with all ki…d of stinking whoredome and abominable …
With rule
… And yee may justly be cal'd lecherous priests. For ye abhorre godly and lawfull matrimoniematrimony, and ye defile your selves with all ki…d of stinking whoredome and abominable …
Thomas Becon · The Displaying of the Popish Mass · p. 274 · Open in the reader
Printed
… they pertaine, to the generall couenant of grace and promiſe of Chriſt. As that matrimoniematrimony is anie more but a ſimilitude or allegorie, or that confirmation was any more …
With rule
… they pertaine, to the generall couenant of grace and promiſe of Chriſt. As that matrimoniematrimony is anie more but a ſimilitude or allegorie, or that confirmation was any more …
Josias Nichols · Abrahams Faith · p. 168 · Open in the reader
Printed
… forsakes them and cuts them off from him: like as in the state of matrimoniematrimony, when either man or wise commits adulterie, that partie breakes the bond of mariage …
With rule
… forsakes them and cuts them off from him: like as in the state of matrimoniematrimony, when either man or wise commits adulterie, that partie breakes the bond of mariage …
William Perkins · Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount · p. 167 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Mat. 4, 10. Apo. 19, 20. Alſo here is forbidden all additions of Sacraments, as the Papiſts made matrimoniematrimony, and ſo gaue it a ſign of the wedding ring, al additions vnto them …
With rule
… Mat. 4, 10. Apo. 19, 20. Alſo here is forbidden all additions of Sacraments, as the Papiſts made matrimoniematrimony, and ſo gaue it a ſign of the wedding ring, al additions vnto them …
Dudley Fenner · Godly and Learned Treatises · p. 96 · Open in the reader
Printed
… liue together in loue, concorde, and fidelitie: they acknowledge no such thing. So that MatrimonieMatrimony with them is highly esteemed in respect of the flesh, or (to say the …
With rule
… liue together in loue, concorde, and fidelitie: they acknowledge no such thing. So that MatrimonieMatrimony with them is highly esteemed in respect of the flesh, or (to say the …
William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 423 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the neighing horse with his mate, when being ioyned in that honorable estate of matrimoniematrimony, either as meere naturall men without all knowledge of God wee beget our children …
With rule
… the neighing horse with his mate, when being ioyned in that honorable estate of matrimoniematrimony, either as meere naturall men without all knowledge of God wee beget our children …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 276 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

5 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.

History of the First Ten Persecutions A13296

Printed
IN the TREATISE of the Sacrament of MATRIMONIEMATRIMONY, the inconstancie, obliuion, contradiction, and head-strong insolencie of the Romane Church, maketh mee …
With rule
IN the TREATISE of the Sacrament of MATRIMONIEMATRIMONY, the inconstancie, obliuion, contradiction, and head-strong insolencie of the Romane Church, maketh mee …
Patrick Simson · History of the First Ten Persecutions · p. 231 · Open in the reader

The Obedience of a Christian Man A14136

Printed
MAtrimonieMatrimony or wedlocke is a state or a degree ordined of god & an office where …
With rule
MAtrimonieMatrimony or wedlocke is a state or a degree ordined of god & an office where …
William Tyndale · The Obedience of a Christian Man · p. xc · Open in the reader

Commentary on Genesis and Exodus A15408

Printed
MAtrimonieMatrimony is neither denied unto any by the divine institution; nor yet commanded unto all …
With rule
MAtrimonieMatrimony is neither denied unto any by the divine institution; nor yet commanded unto all …
Andrew Willet · Commentary on Genesis and Exodus · p. 339 · Open in the reader

A General View of Papistry A15422

Printed
MAtrimonieMatrimony whether ratified onely by lawfull contract or espousals, or consummate, ought not any way …
With rule
MAtrimonieMatrimony whether ratified onely by lawfull contract or espousals, or consummate, ought not any way …
Andrew Willet · A General View of Papistry · p. 256 · Open in the reader
Printed
THE FIFTEENTH GENERALL CONTROVERSIE, OF MATRIMONIEMATRIMONY.
With rule
THE FIFTEENTH GENERALL CONTROVERSIE, OF MATRIMONIEMATRIMONY.
Andrew Willet · A General View of Papistry · p. 523 · Open in the reader