Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4929 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

imaginarieimaginary

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

Puritas changed it: 244 times in 148 works
Consistency: 94.9% (244 of 257)
Reach if approved: ~270 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: imaginary
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 257 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (244 changes in 148 works, 94.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 244)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… of euill are, firſt, ſome reall: which the fact it ſelfe affords; ſecondly, ſome imaginarieimaginary onely; fancied, & framed out of the preiudice, and cauſleſſe iealouſie of the beholder. Our …
With rule
… of euill are, firſt, ſome reall: which the fact it ſelfe affords; ſecondly, ſome imaginarieimaginary onely; fancied, & framed out of the preiudice, and cauſleſſe iealouſie of the beholder. Our …
William Sclater · Exposition of 1 Thessalonians · p. 552 · Open in the reader
Printed
Here then firſt is notably confuted that imaginarieimaginary perfection which ſome dreame that the children of God may haue in this life …
With rule
Here then firſt is notably confuted that imaginarieimaginary perfection which ſome dreame that the children of God may haue in this life …
Henry Airay · Lectures Upon Philippians · p. 718 · Open in the reader
Printed
… kinde of meat and precious vessels, and ornaments: which Appolonius discovered to be but imaginarieimaginary things, and shee confessed her selfe to bee a Lamia. 6. The Devill by his …
With rule
… kinde of meat and precious vessels, and ornaments: which Appolonius discovered to be but imaginarieimaginary things, and shee confessed her selfe to bee a Lamia. 6. The Devill by his …
Andrew Willet · Commentary on Genesis and Exodus · p. 64 · Open in the reader
Printed
IX. Iuſtification by faith alone is no imaginarieimaginary or fained matter.
With rule
IX. Iuſtification by faith alone is no imaginarieimaginary or fained matter.
Girolamo Zanchi · Confession of the Christian Religion · p. 153 · Open in the reader
Printed
… this 40. Chap. against Marcion, who taught that Christ had no true body but an imaginarieimaginary or phantasticall standeth thus.
With rule
… this 40. Chap. against Marcion, who taught that Christ had no true body but an imaginarieimaginary or phantasticall standeth thus.
Daniel Featley · Transubstantiation Exploded · p. 59 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Lyra, on Luke 24.) hee ſhew that he had a true bodie, and not an imaginarieimaginary. And on Acts 1.11. hee ſhall come (ſayth hee) in the ſame forme and ſubſtance …
With rule
… Lyra, on Luke 24.) hee ſhew that he had a true bodie, and not an imaginarieimaginary. And on Acts 1.11. hee ſhall come (ſayth hee) in the ſame forme and ſubſtance …
William Guild · A Compend of the Controversies of Religion · p. 170 · Open in the reader
Printed
… they are not his people. Lo-ammi, you are not my people. This third imaginarieimaginary ſonne of Gomer, brought for a type of Iſrael, Hoſ. 1. is by Paule, Rom …
With rule
… they are not his people. Lo-ammi, you are not my people. This third imaginarieimaginary ſonne of Gomer, brought for a type of Iſrael, Hoſ. 1. is by Paule, Rom …
Sebastian Benefield · The Sin Against the Holy Ghost · p. 157 · Open in the reader
Printed
… these imaginarieimaginary Pentecostes, so they might at other times of the yeare haue such imaginarieimaginary solemnities of other Feasts. From that word foreign the second day, and next to the …
With rule
… these imaginarieimaginary Pentecostes, so they might at other times of the yeare haue such imaginarieimaginary solemnities of other Feasts. From that word foreign the second day, and next to the …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 132 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (13)

7 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 6 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Three Treatises A10659

Printed
… what a folly is it for men to build upon the sand, to erectan ImaginarieImaginary fabrick of I know not what Immortality, which hath not so much as a …
With rule
… what a folly is it for men to build upon the sand, to erectan ImaginarieImaginary fabrick of I know not what Immortality, which hath not so much as a …
Edward Reynolds · Three Treatises · p. 46 · Open in the reader

A Looking Glass for Princes and Peoples Delivered A13078

Printed
… cared not how baselie they prostitute themselues, and their dignitie, to him for that ImaginarieImaginary Advancement.
With rule
… cared not how baselie they prostitute themselues, and their dignitie, to him for that ImaginarieImaginary Advancement.
William Struther · A Looking Glass for Princes and Peoples Delivered · p. 39 · Open in the reader

The Waters of Shiloh to Quench the Fire of Purgatory A20964

Printed
… in that place, neither in any other, any ſpeech of Indulgences. Againe if this ImaginarieImaginary treaſure belongeth to the Church, why doe they ſell to her that which is …
With rule
… in that place, neither in any other, any ſpeech of Indulgences. Againe if this ImaginarieImaginary treaſure belongeth to the Church, why doe they ſell to her that which is …
Peter du Moulin Jr · The Waters of Shiloh to Quench the Fire of Purgatory · p. 209 · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

Printed
ImaginarieImaginary: How redreſſed.
With rule
ImaginarieImaginary: How redreſſed.
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · Open in the reader

Treatise of the Four Degenerate Sons A68868

Printed
He can tranſport the bodies; tranſportation is twofold, firſt, imaginarieimaginary tranſportation; and then reall. ImaginarieImaginary tranſportation is, when one is onely tranſported in mind. When Ieremie was in Ieruſalem …
With rule
He can tranſport the bodies; tranſportation is twofold, firſt, imaginarieimaginary tranſportation; and then reall. ImaginarieImaginary tranſportation is, when one is onely tranſported in mind. When Ieremie was in Ieruſalem …
John Weemes · Treatise of the Four Degenerate Sons · p. 105 · Open in the reader
Printed
… goe, and hide his girdle at Euphrates in Babylon, Ier. 13.4. this was but an ImaginarieImaginary tranſportation. So when the Lord caried Ezekiel from Babylon to Ieruſalem, that he might …
With rule
… goe, and hide his girdle at Euphrates in Babylon, Ier. 13.4. this was but an ImaginarieImaginary tranſportation. So when the Lord caried Ezekiel from Babylon to Ieruſalem, that he might …
John Weemes · Treatise of the Four Degenerate Sons · p. 105 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of witches from place to place; and they hold that it is onely an ImaginarieImaginary tranſportation, and that Satan onely repreſents to their phantaſies ſuch imaginations: but this opinion …
With rule
… of witches from place to place; and they hold that it is onely an ImaginarieImaginary tranſportation, and that Satan onely repreſents to their phantaſies ſuch imaginations: but this opinion …
John Weemes · Treatise of the Four Degenerate Sons · p. 105 · Open in the reader