Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #50817 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

pidgeonsPigeons

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

Puritas changed it: 63 times in 35 works
Consistency: 92.6% (63 of 68)
Reach if approved: ~71 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: pigeons
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 68 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (63 changes in 35 works, 92.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 63)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… cold water, or a Widows Myte, or a paire of Turtle-doves and yong PidgeonsPigeons: But becauſe of the baſeneſſe of his conceit, who gives and brings ſuch things …
With rule
… cold water, or a Widows Myte, or a paire of Turtle-doves and yong PidgeonsPigeons: But becauſe of the baſeneſſe of his conceit, who gives and brings ſuch things …
Richard Stock · Commentary on Malachi 2 · p. 163 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in the Law of the Lord, a Pair of Turtle Doves, or two young PidgeonsPigeons. This was allowed only in Caſe the Perſon was ſo Poor, that ſhe was …
With rule
… in the Law of the Lord, a Pair of Turtle Doves, or two young PidgeonsPigeons. This was allowed only in Caſe the Perſon was ſo Poor, that ſhe was …
Jonathan Edwards · Discourses on Various Important Subjects · p. 257 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by AV…: MATH: for HVMPHREY ROBI… and are to bee solde at the three PidgeonsPigeons in Paule's Church-yard. 1631.
With rule
… by AV…: MATH: for HVMPHREY ROBI… and are to bee solde at the three PidgeonsPigeons in Paule's Church-yard. 1631.
John Boys · Remains of John Boyse · Open in the reader
Printed
… Fishing Hawkes, and Cormorants. In the Winter they have great store of Cranes, Herons, PidgeonsPigeons, Patridges, and Black-birds. The Rivers and Creeks are over-spread with Swans, Geese …
With rule
… Fishing Hawkes, and Cormorants. In the Winter they have great store of Cranes, Herons, PidgeonsPigeons, Patridges, and Black-birds. The Rivers and Creeks are over-spread with Swans, Geese …
Samuel Clarke · A True and Faithful Account of the Four Chiefest Plantations in America · p. 14 · Open in the reader
Printed
Books Printed for, and sold by Iohn Baker at the Three PidgeonsPigeons in St. Pauls Church-Yard.
With rule
Books Printed for, and sold by Iohn Baker at the Three PidgeonsPigeons in St. Pauls Church-Yard.
Clement Ellis · The Right Foundation of Quietness Obedience and Concord · Open in the reader
Printed
LONDON: Printed for Brabazon Aylmer at the Three PidgeonsPigeons in Cornhill. MDCXCV.
With rule
LONDON: Printed for Brabazon Aylmer at the Three PidgeonsPigeons in Cornhill. MDCXCV.
John Howe · The Much Lamented Death of Queen Mary · Open in the reader
Printed
London: Printed for Brabazon Aylmer, at the Three PidgeonsPigeons in Cornhill; Will. Rogers, at the Sun over-against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet …
With rule
London: Printed for Brabazon Aylmer, at the Three PidgeonsPigeons in Cornhill; Will. Rogers, at the Sun over-against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet …
John Tillotson · Sermon on 18 June · Open in the reader
Printed
… the acceptable time to the Lord, he delights in the first fruits, the young PidgeonsPigeons, and the young Lambs, he remembers the kindness of the youth. Usually such as …
With rule
… the acceptable time to the Lord, he delights in the first fruits, the young PidgeonsPigeons, and the young Lambs, he remembers the kindness of the youth. Usually such as …
Samuel Hardy · A Second Guide to Heaven · p. 260 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Protestant School A64677

Printed
pid-ge-ons pidgeonsPigeons
With rule
pid-ge-ons pidgeonsPigeons
James Ussher · The Protestant School · p. 65 · Open in the reader