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archbishopricksArchbishoprics

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

Puritas changed it
83 times in 26 works
Consistency
98.8% (83 of 84)
Reach if approved
~88 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: archbishoprics
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
84 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (83 changes in 26 works, 98.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 83)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … is not a Parish Church, but a Bishops Diocesse, nay some of them are ArchbishopricksArchbishoprics and Provinces, far larger then the Presbyterian Provinces, reaching from London to Dover, as …
    With rule
    … is not a Parish Church, but a Bishops Diocesse, nay some of them are ArchbishopricksArchbishoprics and Provinces, far larger then the Presbyterian Provinces, reaching from London to Dover, as …

    Thomas Edwards · Gangrena Part 1 and 2 · p. 61 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    2. The power of ſuch Guardians in vacancy of ArchbiſhopricksArchbishoprics.
    With rule
    2. The power of ſuch Guardians in vacancy of ArchbiſhopricksArchbishoprics.

    John Godolphin · Abridgment of Ecclesiastical Laws · p. 39 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … to Lambeth houſe, was no doubt an ominous preſage of his owne and the ArchbiſhopricksArchbishoprics ſincking, through his pride and violence.
    With rule
    … to Lambeth houſe, was no doubt an ominous preſage of his owne and the ArchbiſhopricksArchbishoprics ſincking, through his pride and violence.

    William Prynne · Life of William Laud · p. 35 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … Realme, as the perils of their soules which are to be advanced to any ArchbishopricksArchbishoprics or Bishopricks, &c. hath ordained. Divers such recitalls are frequent in most of our …
    With rule
    … Realme, as the perils of their soules which are to be advanced to any ArchbishopricksArchbishoprics or Bishopricks, &c. hath ordained. Divers such recitalls are frequent in most of our …

    William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms · p. 76 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … Ordination of Primates by their own Councel. Of inferiour Bishops by Primates. Few independent ArchbishopricksArchbishoprics. All Primates such. Independency of Primates is no denying the Catholick Church. The Government …
    With rule
    … Ordination of Primates by their own Councel. Of inferiour Bishops by Primates. Few independent ArchbishopricksArchbishoprics. All Primates such. Independency of Primates is no denying the Catholick Church. The Government …

    Henry Hammond · The Disarmers Dexterities Examined · p. 112 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … which King Offa and Pope Adrian had diminiſhed and divided into two Provinces or ArchbiſhopricksArchbishoprics) might be reſtored and united again thereto, to avoid Sciſms: and craving the Popes …
    With rule
    … which King Offa and Pope Adrian had diminiſhed and divided into two Provinces or ArchbiſhopricksArchbishoprics) might be reſtored and united again thereto, to avoid Sciſms: and craving the Popes …

    William Prynne · Vindication of Fundamental Rights and Governments of English Freemen · p. 34 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    In France are reckoned 12 ArchbishopricksArchbishoprics, 104 Bishopricks, 540 Archpriories, 1450 Abbeyes, 12322 Priories, 567 Nunneries, 130000 Parish Priests, 700 Convents of Friers, 259 Commendants of the Order …
    With rule
    In France are reckoned 12 ArchbishopricksArchbishoprics, 104 Bishopricks, 540 Archpriories, 1450 Abbeyes, 12322 Priories, 567 Nunneries, 130000 Parish Priests, 700 Convents of Friers, 259 Commendants of the Order …

    Ephraim Pagitt · A Relation of Christians in the World · p. 15 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … Ministers should be chosen, by the chapters of the cathedrall Churches, to whom vacand ArchbishopricksArchbishoprics may be disponed, and they to have power of ordination and to exerce spirituall …
    With rule
    … Ministers should be chosen, by the chapters of the cathedrall Churches, to whom vacand ArchbishopricksArchbishoprics may be disponed, and they to have power of ordination and to exerce spirituall …

    John Brown · Relation of the Sufferings of Ministers in Scotland Since 1660 · p. 398 · 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.