Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #50284 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

edenburghEdinburgh

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

Puritas changed it: 247 times in 93 works
Consistency: 97.2% (247 of 254)
Reach if approved: ~267 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: edinburgh
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 254 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (247 changes in 93 works, 97.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 247)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… divers others, such as Master William Iohnston Advocate, Master Henry Henderson, Schoole-master of EdenburghEdinburgh, of whom some compeered in the Abbey Kyrk of Halyrud-house, and so abjured …
With rule
… divers others, such as Master William Iohnston Advocate, Master Henry Henderson, Schoole-master of EdenburghEdinburgh, of whom some compeered in the Abbey Kyrk of Halyrud-house, and so abjured …
John Knox · History of the Reformation of the Church of Scotland · p. 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and French Churches at London (being mis-informed) ſent Letters unto the Miniſters of EdenburghEdinburgh, regrating the mis-behaviour of the impriſoned Miniſters. Wherefore thoſe in blackneſs wrote an …
With rule
… and French Churches at London (being mis-informed) ſent Letters unto the Miniſters of EdenburghEdinburgh, regrating the mis-behaviour of the impriſoned Miniſters. Wherefore thoſe in blackneſs wrote an …
Alexander Petrie · History of the Catholic Church from 600 to 1600 · p. 570 · Open in the reader
Printed
… many or moſt things, which they need from the City of London, but alſo EdenburghEdinburgh and Dublin, the two Metropoles, one of Scotland, the other of Ireland, (if I …
With rule
… many or moſt things, which they need from the City of London, but alſo EdenburghEdinburgh and Dublin, the two Metropoles, one of Scotland, the other of Ireland, (if I …
Samuel Rolle · Londons Resurrection · p. 79 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to thy wantonnes againe, or els doe ſome euill; as there be many in EdenburghEdinburgh this day, who in their maſters abſence ſit either idle, or els do euill …
With rule
… to thy wantonnes againe, or els doe ſome euill; as there be many in EdenburghEdinburgh this day, who in their maſters abſence ſit either idle, or els do euill …
Robert Rollock · Lectures Upon Colossians · p. 361 · Open in the reader
Printed
At EdenburghEdinburgh the cruel Card'nal Beton
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At EdenburghEdinburgh the cruel Card'nal Beton
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 132 · Open in the reader
Printed
At nineteen years old he returned again to EdenburghEdinburgh, where he lived with his elder brother [then one of the Ministers in that …
With rule
At nineteen years old he returned again to EdenburghEdinburgh, where he lived with his elder brother [then one of the Ministers in that …
Samuel Clarke · The Marrow of Ecclesiastical History · p. 899 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that chriſtian and grave Act made againſt Prize-goods in the Town-Councel of EdenburghEdinburgh, the head City of this Kingdom, in great Mr. Knox his dayes (as one …
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… that chriſtian and grave Act made againſt Prize-goods in the Town-Councel of EdenburghEdinburgh, the head City of this Kingdom, in great Mr. Knox his dayes (as one …
James Durham · The Law Unsealed · p. 239 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the former Traſlations diligently compared and reviſed, By his Majeſties ſpecial command, printed at EdenburghEdinburgh.
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… the former Traſlations diligently compared and reviſed, By his Majeſties ſpecial command, printed at EdenburghEdinburgh.
William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 30-48 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Exposition of Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum Habakkuk and Zephaniah A86934

Printed
BY GEORGE HUTCHESON Miniſter at EDENBURGHEDINBURGH.
With rule
BY GEORGE HUTCHESON Miniſter at EDENBURGHEDINBURGH.
George Hutcheson · Exposition of Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum Habakkuk and Zephaniah · Open in the reader

Exposition of the 12 Small Prophets A86936

Printed
By GEORGE HUTCHESON, Miniſter at EDENBURGHEDINBURGH.
With rule
By GEORGE HUTCHESON, Miniſter at EDENBURGHEDINBURGH.
George Hutcheson · Exposition of the 12 Small Prophets · Open in the reader