Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #50407 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

leivtenantLieutenant

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

Puritas changed it: 158 times in 11 works
Consistency: 100% (158 of 158)
Reach if approved: ~166 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: lieutenant
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 158 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (158 changes in 11 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 158)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… beſides Colonell Gam, and LeivtenantLieutenant Colonell Winter, and 120 taken priſoners, and a 140 horſe taken, 2 LeivtenantLieutenant Colonells, one Major, 4 Captains, and other Commanders and Officers, together with 300 Armes. And upon …
With rule
… beſides Colonell Gam, and LeivtenantLieutenant Colonell Winter, and 120 taken priſoners, and a 140 horſe taken, 2 LeivtenantLieutenant Colonells, one Major, 4 Captains, and other Commanders and Officers, together with 300 Armes. And upon …
John Vicars · Englands Parliamentary Chronicle · p. 116 · Open in the reader
Printed
… being ſoon diſcovered, he was as ſoon diſplaced; and Colon…ll Lunsford, was made LeivtenantLieutenant of the Tower; But, he alſo by the Parliaments petition and importunity to the …
With rule
… being ſoon diſcovered, he was as ſoon diſplaced; and Colon…ll Lunsford, was made LeivtenantLieutenant of the Tower; But, he alſo by the Parliaments petition and importunity to the …
John Vicars · A Sight of the Transactions of these Latter Years · p. 12 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Colonell Lunsford, (not long before, a Newgate-bird, and fitter for Newgate) was made LeivtenantLieutenant of the Tower; But, he alſo by the Parliaments petition and importunity to the …
With rule
… Colonell Lunsford, (not long before, a Newgate-bird, and fitter for Newgate) was made LeivtenantLieutenant of the Tower; But, he alſo by the Parliaments petition and importunity to the …
John Vicars · Survey of the Annals of King Charles · Open in the reader
Printed
… Audeley Lord Chancelour, the Duke of Norfolke, Thomas Cromwell Secretary, and Sir William Kingston LeivtenantLieutenant of the Tower, who at the Tower-gate, fell on her knees before the …
With rule
… Audeley Lord Chancelour, the Duke of Norfolke, Thomas Cromwell Secretary, and Sir William Kingston LeivtenantLieutenant of the Tower, who at the Tower-gate, fell on her knees before the …
Sir Richard Baker · A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government · p. 45 · Open in the reader
Printed
… far as the River Euphrates, [Justin. lib. 41. cap. 6.] For having conquered Demetrius N…cators LeivtenantLieutenant, he invaded the City Babylon, and all the borders thereof, [Oros. lib. 5. cap. 4.]
With rule
… far as the River Euphrates, [Justin. lib. 41. cap. 6.] For having conquered Demetrius N…cators LeivtenantLieutenant, he invaded the City Babylon, and all the borders thereof, [Oros. lib. 5. cap. 4.]
James Ussher · The Annals of the World · p. 480 · Open in the reader
Printed
Collonell ma…is Appoynted LeivtenantLieutenant Generall▪ of the Horse raysed for Ireland by the Parliment.
With rule
Collonell ma…is Appoynted LeivtenantLieutenant Generall▪ of the Horse raysed for Ireland by the Parliment.
John Vicars · Englands Worthies · p. 60 · Open in the reader
Printed
… common-wealths; and instead of fighting for God, they fight against God and his LeivtenantLieutenant.
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… common-wealths; and instead of fighting for God, they fight against God and his LeivtenantLieutenant.
Richard Younge · The Cause and Cure of Ignorance · p. 117 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Officers in the Army to doe this very thing: Lilburne in a Letter to LeivtenantLieutenant Generall Cromwell, writes thus, If I were with you, upon my life I durſt …
With rule
… Officers in the Army to doe this very thing: Lilburne in a Letter to LeivtenantLieutenant Generall Cromwell, writes thus, If I were with you, upon my life I durſt …
John Canne · The Discoverer Part 2 · p. 77 · Open in the reader

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