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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #5129 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

monasteriemonastery

ie for a final y, y for i: mercie → mercy, tyme → time.

Puritas changed it
286 times in 98 works
Consistency
100% (286 of 286)
Reach if approved
~301 places (estimated)
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Agrees: monastery
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
286 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (286 changes in 98 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 286)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … ſtorie. For there is told that Odilo abbot of Clunia firſt commanded in his monaſteriemonastery, the commemoration of the faithfull being dead, to be the firſt day after the …
    With rule
    … ſtorie. For there is told that Odilo abbot of Clunia firſt commanded in his monaſteriemonastery, the commemoration of the faithfull being dead, to be the firſt day after the …

    Josias Nichols · Abrahams Faith · p. 219 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … of the Cold, heat their Chambers, which also (as the other buildings of the MonasterieMonastery) are framed of those burning stones, which the mouth of the Hill casts forth …
    With rule
    … of the Cold, heat their Chambers, which also (as the other buildings of the MonasterieMonastery) are framed of those burning stones, which the mouth of the Hill casts forth …

    Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 618 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … monkes, which Chrysostome praiseth. Of such monkes we reade here in England, in the MonasterieMonastery of Bangor, wherein there was said to be such a number of monkes (as …
    With rule
    … monkes, which Chrysostome praiseth. Of such monkes we reade here in England, in the MonasterieMonastery of Bangor, wherein there was said to be such a number of monkes (as …

    Francis Trigge · Touchstone to Determine the True Catholic Faith · p. 223 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    Rachis king of the Lombards, was by the same Pope Zacharie put into a monasteriemonastery.
    With rule
    Rachis king of the Lombards, was by the same Pope Zacharie put into a monasteriemonastery.

    Andrew Willet · Commentary on Daniel · p. 448 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … haue left out theſe wordes, Or in the place off Martyrs buriall, or in monaſteriemonastery. I left them out in deed / becauſe we haue no vſe off them. Howbeit …
    With rule
    … haue left out theſe wordes, Or in the place off Martyrs buriall, or in monaſteriemonastery. I left them out in deed / becauſe we haue no vſe off them. Howbeit …

    Thomas Cartwright · A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 1 · p. CCC · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … that Monkes were more subiect to the Bishop, then to the Gouernour of the monasteriemonastery.
    With rule
    … that Monkes were more subiect to the Bishop, then to the Gouernour of the monasteriemonastery.

    George Downame · A Defense of the Sermon Preached at the Consecration of the Bishop of Bath · p. 115 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … reporteth of himſelfe, That he in his minoritie was by Miracle tranſported to a MonasterieMonastery in Spaine, where he continued diuers yeares, and neither himſelfe, nor any other knew …
    With rule
    … reporteth of himſelfe, That he in his minoritie was by Miracle tranſported to a MonasterieMonastery in Spaine, where he continued diuers yeares, and neither himſelfe, nor any other knew …

    John Gee · Hold Fast · p. 42 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … Lyons, which Cup alſo is to bee ſeene among the Heluians, in a certaine MonaſterieMonastery of the Auguſtine Friers: ſo the diſh wherein the Paſchall Lambe was put, is …
    With rule
    … Lyons, which Cup alſo is to bee ſeene among the Heluians, in a certaine MonaſterieMonastery of the Auguſtine Friers: ſo the diſh wherein the Paſchall Lambe was put, is …

    Thomas Beard · A Retractive from the Romish Religion · p. 200 · 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.