Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #49980 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

colledgesColleges

Proper names whose form changes beyond mechanical spelling: Ionas → Jonah. Approve one at a time.

Puritas changed it: 1,470 times in 533 works
Consistency: 99.6% (1,470 of 1,475)
Reach if approved: ~1,550 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: colleges
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,475 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,470 changes in 533 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,470)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… their Sonnes to the Vniuerſities, whereas they coulde no ſooner ſend them thither, than ColledgesColleges woulde haue places void for them? Now alas our Vniuerſities decay in number of …
With rule
… their Sonnes to the Vniuerſities, whereas they coulde no ſooner ſend them thither, than ColledgesColleges woulde haue places void for them? Now alas our Vniuerſities decay in number of …
John Penry · Equity of a Humble Supplication · p. 51 · Open in the reader
Printed
… things, his preaching, teaching, and studie in the Scripture, building of Churches, founding of ColledgesColleges, giuing of almes, and whatsoeuer he doth, though they seeme spirituall, & after the law …
With rule
… things, his preaching, teaching, and studie in the Scripture, building of Churches, founding of ColledgesColleges, giuing of almes, and whatsoeuer he doth, though they seeme spirituall, & after the law …
William Perkins · Whether Man Be in the Estate of Damnation or Grace · p. 170 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Cardinals in like manner condiſcended to the cardinals of Rome. So that theſe two ColledgesColleges of Cardinals agréeing together, that one chiefe B. might be choſen, and taken out …
With rule
… Cardinals in like manner condiſcended to the cardinals of Rome. So that theſe two ColledgesColleges of Cardinals agréeing together, that one chiefe B. might be choſen, and taken out …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 304 · Open in the reader
Printed
… at Saint Omers, Doway, Lisbon, Louaine, Spaine, Rome, for all ſuch Nouices; what beautifull ColledgesColleges, ſtately Edifices, large Reuenewes thereunto annexed; what great liberty, what good company, what practice …
With rule
… at Saint Omers, Doway, Lisbon, Louaine, Spaine, Rome, for all ſuch Nouices; what beautifull ColledgesColleges, ſtately Edifices, large Reuenewes thereunto annexed; what great liberty, what good company, what practice …
John Gee · The Foot out of the Snare · p. 68 · Open in the reader
Printed
… was ſo ſmitten therewith, as for the ſpace of halfe a yeare and more, ColledgesColleges were diſſolved, Students diſperſed, Readings and Acts intermitted, that populous place made deſolate, and …
With rule
… was ſo ſmitten therewith, as for the ſpace of halfe a yeare and more, ColledgesColleges were diſſolved, Students diſperſed, Readings and Acts intermitted, that populous place made deſolate, and …
William Gouge · The Saints Sacrifice · p. 277 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the ſcripture. They tooke the bible from them, and ſhutt it vp in ColledgesColleges and libraries, and ſuffered it not to paſſe, but in a language which the …
With rule
… of the ſcripture. They tooke the bible from them, and ſhutt it vp in ColledgesColleges and libraries, and ſuffered it not to paſſe, but in a language which the …
Samuel Hieron · The Dignity of the Scripture · p. 38 · Open in the reader
Printed
There be none nowe but great mens sonnes in ColledgesColleges, and theyr fathers loke not to haue them preachers, so euerye waye this offyce …
With rule
There be none nowe but great mens sonnes in ColledgesColleges, and theyr fathers loke not to haue them preachers, so euerye waye this offyce …
Hugh Latimer · The Second to Seventh Sermon to His Majesty · Open in the reader
Printed
… an other deuise, they take vpon them to lyue vnmaried, they make them selues colledgesColleges and abbeys, where they may lyue withoute suche paines. Then after that by the …
With rule
… an other deuise, they take vpon them to lyue vnmaried, they make them selues colledgesColleges and abbeys, where they may lyue withoute suche paines. Then after that by the …
Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · 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.

The Appeal of Injured Innocence A40651

Printed
COLLEDGESCOLLEGES (not in the Universities, but) for superstitious uses given to the King, b. 6. p. 350. ¶. 3, 4, 5.
With rule
COLLEDGESCOLLEGES (not in the Universities, but) for superstitious uses given to the King, b. 6. p. 350. ¶. 3, 4, 5.
Thomas Fuller · The Appeal of Injured Innocence · Open in the reader

Historical Vindication Part 1 and 2 A56162

Printed
… in the Province of ENGLAND, where were 267 SOCII or Fellows of that Society: beſides 4 COLLEDGESCOLLEGES OF ENGLISH JESUITES ELSEWHERE. In IRELAND and elſewhere 8 ColledgesColleges of IRISH JESUITES: and in …
With rule
… in the Province of ENGLAND, where were 267 SOCII or Fellows of that Society: beſides 4 COLLEDGESCOLLEGES OF ENGLISH JESUITES ELSEWHERE. In IRELAND and elſewhere 8 ColledgesColleges of IRISH JESUITES: and in …
William Prynne · Historical Vindication Part 1 and 2 · Open in the reader

Oxfords Plea Refuted A56225

Printed
… the Kings Commission, under the great Seal of England, in places formerly exempted; as COLLEDGESCOLLEGES &c. All Letters, Patents heretofore made by the Kings Progenitors, in behalf of the …
With rule
… the Kings Commission, under the great Seal of England, in places formerly exempted; as COLLEDGESCOLLEGES &c. All Letters, Patents heretofore made by the Kings Progenitors, in behalf of the …
William Prynne · Oxfords Plea Refuted · p. 48 · Open in the reader

The Acts of Famous National Councils of the Reformed Churches in France A56905

Printed
CHAP. XV. Of COLLEDGESCOLLEGES and UNIVERSITIES.
With rule
CHAP. XV. Of COLLEDGESCOLLEGES and UNIVERSITIES.
John Quick · The Acts of Famous National Councils of the Reformed Churches in France · p. 56 · Open in the reader
Printed
CHAP. XXII. Of UNIVERSITIES and COLLEDGESCOLLEGES.
With rule
CHAP. XXII. Of UNIVERSITIES and COLLEDGESCOLLEGES.
John Quick · The Acts of Famous National Councils of the Reformed Churches in France · p. 117 · Open in the reader