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ʋsurpationUsurpation

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

Puritas changed it
68 times in 47 works
Consistency
100% (68 of 68)
Reach if approved
~74 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
70 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (68 changes in 47 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 68)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … Jehu, Chap. 9.27. 2 Chron. 22.9. now 'tis reaſſumed here, ver. 1, 2, 3. and 2 Chron. 22.10, 11, 12. which relates firſt the ƲſurpationUsurpation of Athaliah, and then the Succeſſion of Joaſh. Remarks firſt upon Athaliah are,
    With rule
    … Jehu, Chap. 9.27. 2 Chron. 22.9. now 'tis reaſſumed here, ver. 1, 2, 3. and 2 Chron. 22.10, 11, 12. which relates firſt the ƲſurpationUsurpation of Athaliah, and then the Succeſſion of Joaſh. Remarks firſt upon Athaliah are,

    Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 560 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … againſt Clergy-mens alienation of the Revenues of the Church; and another againſt the ƲſurpationUsurpation of the Churches Revenues by Patrons in time of their vacancy: which have no …
    With rule
    … againſt Clergy-mens alienation of the Revenues of the Church; and another againſt the ƲſurpationUsurpation of the Churches Revenues by Patrons in time of their vacancy: which have no …

    William Prynne · A Gospel Plea for Maintenance of the Ministers · p. 79 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … niſi conſecrationem Uenerabilis Patris noſtri electi Cantuarienſis, expectantes: (An inſolent Papal ſpeech to, and ƲſurpationUsurpation over the King himſelf.) Et his ita dictis, Rex humiliter breves poſtulavit inducias, dicens …
    With rule
    … niſi conſecrationem Uenerabilis Patris noſtri electi Cantuarienſis, expectantes: (An inſolent Papal ſpeech to, and ƲſurpationUsurpation over the King himſelf.) Et his ita dictis, Rex humiliter breves poſtulavit inducias, dicens …

    William Prynne · Vindication of Ecclesiastical Volume 3 · p. 443 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … an intrinſecal power unto all Juriſdiction and order in the Church, and by after ƲſurpationUsurpation were thruſt out; and therefore he propoſed an expedient, prudendentially to reſtore them to …
    With rule
    … an intrinſecal power unto all Juriſdiction and order in the Church, and by after ƲſurpationUsurpation were thruſt out; and therefore he propoſed an expedient, prudendentially to reſtore them to …

    Zachary Crofton · Croftons Appearance Before the Prelate-Justice of Peace · p. 12 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … God, and his righteous dispose for the deserts and iniquities of men, from mans ƲsurpationUsurpation. A Submission to the one under due Circumstances, is no approbation of the other …
    With rule
    … God, and his righteous dispose for the deserts and iniquities of men, from mans ƲsurpationUsurpation. A Submission to the one under due Circumstances, is no approbation of the other …

    John Humfrey · Touching our Present Impositions of Loyalty and Obedience · p. 66 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … to Govern all Kings and Nations on Earth, and this by bare and baſe ƲſurpationUsurpation and Novelty; and find theſe men ſet up their numerous, falſe treaſonable, inhumane Canons …
    With rule
    … to Govern all Kings and Nations on Earth, and this by bare and baſe ƲſurpationUsurpation and Novelty; and find theſe men ſet up their numerous, falſe treaſonable, inhumane Canons …

    Richard Baxter · The Protestant Religion Truly State and Justified · p. 69 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … and Sentence of their Church, all Ranks among us are in a State of ƲſurpationUsurpation, we have no right to Eſtate or Life (as we are like to find …
    With rule
    … and Sentence of their Church, all Ranks among us are in a State of ƲſurpationUsurpation, we have no right to Eſtate or Life (as we are like to find …

    David Clarkson · The Case of Protestants in England Under a Popish Prince · p. 33 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … And in what Caſe the Kings Preſentation within the Six months may be an ƲſurpationUsurpation or not.
    With rule
    … And in what Caſe the Kings Preſentation within the Six months may be an ƲſurpationUsurpation or not.

    John Godolphin · Abridgment of Ecclesiastical Laws · p. 251 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.