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presbytriePresbytery

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

Puritas changed it
155 times in 14 works
Consistency
99.3% (155 of 156)
Reach if approved
~164 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: presbytery
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
156 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (155 changes in 14 works, 99.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 155)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … less could Timothy assume a sole Interest in Ordinarion, exclusive of that of the PresbytriePresbytery, when constitute; since his Office was inferior to that of Apostolat. Next, Supposing Philip …
    With rule
    … less could Timothy assume a sole Interest in Ordinarion, exclusive of that of the PresbytriePresbytery, when constitute; since his Office was inferior to that of Apostolat. Next, Supposing Philip …

    Thomas Forrester · The Hierarchical Bishops Claim Tried at the Scripture-Bar · p. 134 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … together with our Scots Commissioners imposed that oath, did by [the reformed government] understand PresbytriePresbytery which was then settled here, and that therefore we are to understand the oath …
    With rule
    … together with our Scots Commissioners imposed that oath, did by [the reformed government] understand PresbytriePresbytery which was then settled here, and that therefore we are to understand the oath …

    Thomas Forrester · Review and Examination of the Doctrine · p. 60 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … by the Presbyterie; there shall be a day agreed on by the Bishop and PresbytriePresbytery, for their meeting together for thei… solemn ordination and admission: at which there shall …
    With rule
    … by the Presbyterie; there shall be a day agreed on by the Bishop and PresbytriePresbytery, for their meeting together for thei… solemn ordination and admission: at which there shall …

    Robert McWard · The Case of The Accommodation Proposed by the Bishop of Dunblane · p. 2 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … and Synod where he presided as Bishop; and by taking his warrand to the PresbytriePresbytery to admit such a one to Preach in such a place, Experto crede.
    With rule
    … and Synod where he presided as Bishop; and by taking his warrand to the PresbytriePresbytery to admit such a one to Preach in such a place, Experto crede.

    Gilbert Rule · Defense of the Vindication of the Church of Scotland · p. 11 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … Consent of that Church: But a Prelats Collation is not this Act of a PresbytriePresbytery. (3) That which only makes a man a Prelats Depute, cannot give him a Call …
    With rule
    … Consent of that Church: But a Prelats Collation is not this Act of a PresbytriePresbytery. (3) That which only makes a man a Prelats Depute, cannot give him a Call …

    Alexander Shields · A Hind Let Loose · p. 233 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … if they finde themſelves wronged there, then they have appeals to ſome other higher PresbytriePresbytery or Counſell of Divines for relief and juſtice; and both they and all other …
    With rule
    … if they finde themſelves wronged there, then they have appeals to ſome other higher PresbytriePresbytery or Counſell of Divines for relief and juſtice; and both they and all other …

    John Bastwick · Independency Not Gods Ordinance · p. 7 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … Churches, which is as much as to ſay, to the preſidents of every ſeverall PresbytriePresbytery eſtabliſhed and conſtituted in every one of thoſe Churches; which is a ſufficient Argument …
    With rule
    … Churches, which is as much as to ſay, to the preſidents of every ſeverall PresbytriePresbytery eſtabliſhed and conſtituted in every one of thoſe Churches; which is a ſufficient Argument …

    John Bastwick · The Utter Routing of the Whole Army of All the Independents and Sectaries · p. 524 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … from Scripture, that there have been many particular churches, and congregations subordinate to one PresbytriePresbytery. For, in the church of Ierusalem, it is manifest, that there were more than …
    With rule
    … from Scripture, that there have been many particular churches, and congregations subordinate to one PresbytriePresbytery. For, in the church of Ierusalem, it is manifest, that there were more than …

    David Dickson · Truths Victory Over Error · p. 317 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.