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attorniesAttorneys

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

Puritas changed it
51 times in 25 works
Consistency
96.2% (51 of 53)
Reach if approved
~56 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: atorneys
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
53 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (51 changes in 25 works, 96.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 51)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … Adagie, Nihil simul inchoatum & perfectum; And, Facile est inventis addere. If therefore any Officers, AttorniesAttorneys, Clerks, belonging to the Respective Offices and Treasuries of Records in the Court of …
    With rule
    … Adagie, Nihil simul inchoatum & perfectum; And, Facile est inventis addere. If therefore any Officers, AttorniesAttorneys, Clerks, belonging to the Respective Offices and Treasuries of Records in the Court of …

    William Prynne · Additional Appendix to Aurum Regina · p. 42 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … their tyrannicall waies of inforcement, without any oppoſition or diſpute whatſoever; and all Counſellors, AttorniesAttorneys, Solicitors and others, muſt neither argue, nor adviſe, nor act. in any kinde againſt …
    With rule
    … their tyrannicall waies of inforcement, without any oppoſition or diſpute whatſoever; and all Counſellors, AttorniesAttorneys, Solicitors and others, muſt neither argue, nor adviſe, nor act. in any kinde againſt …

    William Prynne · Historical Vindication Part 1 and 2 · p. 71 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … had their Synagogues, Schools, Prieſts, Presbyter and Comptroller of their Exchequer, Eſcheator, Cofferers, Cyrographers, AttorniesAttorneys, Bayliffs, with their proper Judges and Court of Exchequer, (wherein only they were to …
    With rule
    … had their Synagogues, Schools, Prieſts, Presbyter and Comptroller of their Exchequer, Eſcheator, Cofferers, Cyrographers, AttorniesAttorneys, Bayliffs, with their proper Judges and Court of Exchequer, (wherein only they were to …

    William Prynne · Demurrer to the Jews · p. 133 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … sit as Judges: For, (as the Commentator addeth) they could not depute, or make AttorniesAttorneys in a place and act judicial.
    With rule
    … sit as Judges: For, (as the Commentator addeth) they could not depute, or make AttorniesAttorneys in a place and act judicial.

    John Sadler · Rights of the Kingdom · p. 299 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … of Caſtles and Holds, Conſervators of the Truce, Bayliffs of Franchiſes, Coroners, Sheriffs Clerks, AttorniesAttorneys, the Kings Privy Counſil, Knights of Shires, Burgeſſes of Parliament, Champions, Clerks of the …
    With rule
    … of Caſtles and Holds, Conſervators of the Truce, Bayliffs of Franchiſes, Coroners, Sheriffs Clerks, AttorniesAttorneys, the Kings Privy Counſil, Knights of Shires, Burgeſſes of Parliament, Champions, Clerks of the …

    William Prynne · Vindication of Ecclesiastical Volume 3 · p. 708 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … their Synagogues, Schools, Prieſ…s, Presbyter and Comptroller of their Exchequer, Eſcheator, Cofferers, Cyrographers, AttorniesAttorneys, Bayliffs, with their proper Judges and Court of Exchequer, (wherein only they were to …
    With rule
    … their Synagogues, Schools, Prieſ…s, Presbyter and Comptroller of their Exchequer, Eſcheator, Cofferers, Cyrographers, AttorniesAttorneys, Bayliffs, with their proper Judges and Court of Exchequer, (wherein only they were to …

    William Prynne · A Short Demurrer to the Jews Part 2 · p. 133 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … colony, on the one party, and Agamaug, Wampſh alias Corman, Taitſon, Tawageſon, Councellors and AttorniesAttorneys to Canonicus, Ninigret, Matataog, old Queen Quaiapen, Quananſhit and Pomham, the ſix preſent Sachems …
    With rule
    … colony, on the one party, and Agamaug, Wampſh alias Corman, Taitſon, Tawageſon, Councellors and AttorniesAttorneys to Canonicus, Ninigret, Matataog, old Queen Quaiapen, Quananſhit and Pomham, the ſix preſent Sachems …

    William Hubbard · Narrative of the Indian Wars in New England · p. 65 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    Longworth Croſs and Robert Reves, AttorniesAttorneys.
    With rule
    Longworth Croſs and Robert Reves, AttorniesAttorneys.

    Thomas De Laune · The Present State of London · p. 477 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

1 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.

Narrative of the Indian Wars in New England N11149

  • Printed
    Laſtly, THE ſaid councellors and attorniesAttorneys do premeditately, ſeriouſly, and upon good advice, covenant, conclude and agree all aboveſaid ſolemnly …
    With rule
    Laſtly, THE ſaid councellors and attorniesAttorneys do premeditately, ſeriouſly, and upon good advice, covenant, conclude and agree all aboveſaid ſolemnly …

    William Hubbard · Narrative of the Indian Wars in New England · p. 67 · Open in the reader