Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #50725 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

laietyLaity

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

Puritas changed it: 77 times in 29 works
Consistency: 93.9% (77 of 82)
Reach if approved: ~86 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 82 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (77 changes in 29 works, 93.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 77)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
This for their LaietyLaity, then for their Clergy and Monaſticks, their Doctrine is, that Adultery is not ſo …
With rule
This for their LaietyLaity, then for their Clergy and Monaſticks, their Doctrine is, that Adultery is not ſo …
David Clarkson · The Practical Divinity of the Papists Discovered to be Destructive · p. 353 · Open in the reader
Printed
… maintain their Cauſe, got an Eaſt and Weſt-Indies out of the Clergy and LaietyLaity, pulling a few Locks away at firſt, at laſt the Fleece of all the …
With rule
… maintain their Cauſe, got an Eaſt and Weſt-Indies out of the Clergy and LaietyLaity, pulling a few Locks away at firſt, at laſt the Fleece of all the …
John Hacket · A Memorial Offered to John Williams · p. 205 · Open in the reader
Printed
… which his Lordship insists on, is, That of administring the B. Sacrament to the LaietyLaity under one kind only. Of this he had spoken. before; and thither you referr …
With rule
… which his Lordship insists on, is, That of administring the B. Sacrament to the LaietyLaity under one kind only. Of this he had spoken. before; and thither you referr …
Edward Stillingfleet · The Grounds of Protestant Religion · p. 576 · Open in the reader
Printed
… laborious Clergie, by the Asses that were feeding besides them, we may understand the LaietyLaity.
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… laborious Clergie, by the Asses that were feeding besides them, we may understand the LaietyLaity.
John Langley · The Mournful Note of the Dove · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſecond Argument for Prelacy, from the Apoſtles deriving the Apoſtolical Power over Clergy and LaietyLaity, to … in the ſeveral Churches which they planted. — That the Apoſtles did de facts …
With rule
… ſecond Argument for Prelacy, from the Apoſtles deriving the Apoſtolical Power over Clergy and LaietyLaity, to … in the ſeveral Churches which they planted. — That the Apoſtles did de facts …
Thomas Foxcroft · The Ruling and Ordaining Power of Congregational Bishops · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
11. That the LaietyLaity are not bound by Chriſts inſtitution to receive the Communion in both kindes.
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11. That the LaietyLaity are not bound by Chriſts inſtitution to receive the Communion in both kindes.
Ephraim Pagitt · Christianography · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not onely common perſons, but it reacheth vnto the very chiefe: it belongeth vnto LaietyLaity and Clergy both: it concerneth common Miniſters neerly, but it concerneth the Byſhopes and …
With rule
… not onely common perſons, but it reacheth vnto the very chiefe: it belongeth vnto LaietyLaity and Clergy both: it concerneth common Miniſters neerly, but it concerneth the Byſhopes and …
Theophilus Brabourne · A Defense of the Sabbath Day · p. 610 · Open in the reader
Printed
… were of their mind, ſhew us what Principles there, and then were by the LaietyLaity that followed them, received. We will not recite their words, leſt our intent be …
With rule
… were of their mind, ſhew us what Principles there, and then were by the LaietyLaity that followed them, received. We will not recite their words, leſt our intent be …
Richard Baxter · The Nonconformists Plea for Peace · p. 123 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

4 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 Grand Sacrilege of the Church of Rome A00597

Printed
… busie about transubstantiating the bread into the body of Christ, that they suffered the laietyLaity to goe cleere away with the Cup, and gaue them no publique check or …
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… busie about transubstantiating the bread into the body of Christ, that they suffered the laietyLaity to goe cleere away with the Cup, and gaue them no publique check or …
Daniel Featley · The Grand Sacrilege of the Church of Rome · p. 108 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the world the Priests did not forbeare to administer the communiō to the laietyLaity in both kinds, against the custome of the Romish Church. Here we haue the …
With rule
… of the world the Priests did not forbeare to administer the communiō to the laietyLaity in both kinds, against the custome of the Romish Church. Here we haue the …
Daniel Featley · The Grand Sacrilege of the Church of Rome · p. 134 · Open in the reader

The Journals of Parliaments A35827

Printed
… that which cometh of our selves, wherein I cannot excuse either the spiritualty or laietyLaity. For as the Preachers be not so diligent in their Vocation of Preaching, as …
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… that which cometh of our selves, wherein I cannot excuse either the spiritualty or laietyLaity. For as the Preachers be not so diligent in their Vocation of Preaching, as …
Simonds D Ewes · The Journals of Parliaments · p. 59 · Open in the reader

The Ancient Christian Religion A41775

Printed
… purity; nor indeed whether she have them at all. Sometimes general Councels gave the laietyLaity both the bread and Cup in the Eucharist; sometimes gen. Councels deny them the …
With rule
… purity; nor indeed whether she have them at all. Sometimes general Councels gave the laietyLaity both the bread and Cup in the Eucharist; sometimes gen. Councels deny them the …
Thomas Grantham · The Ancient Christian Religion · p. 27 · Open in the reader