Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #50675 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

archbishoppeArchbishop

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Puritas changed it: 83 times in 27 works
Consistency: 96.5% (83 of 86)
Reach if approved: ~90 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: archbishop
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 86 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 27 works, 96.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 83)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… for feare, or ſomewhat elſe, not expreſſed. So ſoone as they were fledde, the ArchbiſhoppeArchbishop directeth letters to the Vicechancellour, and to the Biſhop of London, named Robert Braisbrocke …
With rule
… for feare, or ſomewhat elſe, not expreſſed. So ſoone as they were fledde, the ArchbiſhoppeArchbishop directeth letters to the Vicechancellour, and to the Biſhop of London, named Robert Braisbrocke …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 280 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of ſo noble a prince, take the tale out of the mouth of your ArchbiſhoppeArchbishop, to whom in that Audience, it mighte ryghte well haue becomed your ſclender diuinitie …
With rule
… of ſo noble a prince, take the tale out of the mouth of your ArchbiſhoppeArchbishop, to whom in that Audience, it mighte ryghte well haue becomed your ſclender diuinitie …
Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · p. cxix · Open in the reader
Printed
… firſt of the Princes, whereby it ſeemeth that the late memory of Thomas Becket ArchbiſhoppeArchbishop of Canterbury vvas impreſſed deeply in him not without ſome applauſe of the clergy …
With rule
… firſt of the Princes, whereby it ſeemeth that the late memory of Thomas Becket ArchbiſhoppeArchbishop of Canterbury vvas impreſſed deeply in him not without ſome applauſe of the clergy …
Thomas Holland · Sermon 17 November 1599 · Open in the reader
Printed
… all the Bishopps in Creet. And this I prooue / because Creete / where my Lorde ArchbishoppeArchbishop Titus his grace / was Primate and Paltripolitane / had many famous cities in it. This …
With rule
… all the Bishopps in Creet. And this I prooue / because Creete / where my Lorde ArchbishoppeArchbishop Titus his grace / was Primate and Paltripolitane / had many famous cities in it. This …
Martin Marprelate · Read John Bridges · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſentence of the next general Councell. In this conference Luther conceled nothyng from the ArchbiſhoppeArchbishop, affirmyng it was daungerous to ſubmyt a matter of ſo great importance to them …
With rule
… ſentence of the next general Councell. In this conference Luther conceled nothyng from the ArchbiſhoppeArchbishop, affirmyng it was daungerous to ſubmyt a matter of ſo great importance to them …
Philipp Melanchthon · History of Three Renowned Reformers · Open in the reader
Printed
Euerye ArchbishoppeArchbishop amongest the Papistes hath almoste as many officers vnder hym as you hearde before …
With rule
Euerye ArchbishoppeArchbishop amongest the Papistes hath almoste as many officers vnder hym as you hearde before …
Philip Stubbes · The Theater of the Popes Monarchy · Open in the reader
Printed
… off that ſea / wheroff he is to be appointed biſhoppe / and confirmed off the ArchbiſhoppeArchbishop. But lett yt be here obſerued / that Maiſter D. ſeemeth by affirmation off this …
With rule
… off that ſea / wheroff he is to be appointed biſhoppe / and confirmed off the ArchbiſhoppeArchbishop. But lett yt be here obſerued / that Maiſter D. ſeemeth by affirmation off this …
Thomas Cartwright · A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 1 · p. CXXXII · Open in the reader
Printed
… then accounted auncient Canons. But to the point. If hee speake of the name ArchbishoppeArchbishop, it is not mentioned in the Canons, called the Apostles; if of the office …
With rule
… then accounted auncient Canons. But to the point. If hee speake of the name ArchbishoppeArchbishop, it is not mentioned in the Canons, called the Apostles; if of the office …
George Downame · A Defense of the Sermon Preached at the Consecration of the Bishop of Bath · p. 127 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

2 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.

The Tragical Death of David Beaton A05559

Printed
… of the late moste reuerende father Dauid, by the mercie of God Cardinall and archbishoppeArchbishop of sainct Andrewes. And of the whole realme of Scotland primate, Legate and Chaunceler …
With rule
… of the late moste reuerende father Dauid, by the mercie of God Cardinall and archbishoppeArchbishop of sainct Andrewes. And of the whole realme of Scotland primate, Legate and Chaunceler …
David Lindsay · The Tragical Death of David Beaton · Open in the reader
Printed
Abbot, bishoppe, archbishoppeArchbishop, cardinal
With rule
Abbot, bishoppe, archbishoppeArchbishop, cardinal
David Lindsay · The Tragical Death of David Beaton · Open in the reader