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Waiting for reviewi / jCandidate #5804 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

maiormajor

i standing for j: Iesus → Jesus, iudge → judge.

Puritas changed it
1,716 times in 444 works
Consistency
98.5% (1,716 of 1,741)
Reach if approved
~1,831 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: mayor
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,743 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,716 changes in 444 works, 98.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,716)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … a Priest. Quanquam enim secundū honorū vocabula, quae iam Ecclesiae vsus obtinuit, Episcopatus Presbyterio maiormajor fit: tamen in multis rebus, Augustinus Hieronymo minor est. Is not this the English …
    With rule
    … a Priest. Quanquam enim secundū honorū vocabula, quae iam Ecclesiae vsus obtinuit, Episcopatus Presbyterio maiormajor fit: tamen in multis rebus, Augustinus Hieronymo minor est. Is not this the English …

    William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 182 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … of this honourable Citie, by the authoritie of the right worthie the late Lord MaiorMajor, who is by me to be acknowledged, not onely for my priuate protection vpon …
    With rule
    … of this honourable Citie, by the authoritie of the right worthie the late Lord MaiorMajor, who is by me to be acknowledged, not onely for my priuate protection vpon …

    John Gee · Hold Fast · p. 51 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    We stand not much vpon the maiormajor, but resolutely and truely deny the minor; and say, we are no Heretickes, therefore …
    With rule
    We stand not much vpon the maiormajor, but resolutely and truely deny the minor; and say, we are no Heretickes, therefore …

    Thomas Adams · Heaven and Earth Reconciled · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … of Saynt Gregorye & sumwhat after. Bedas reporteth li. 3. Ca. 6. De gestis Anglorum, et Ioannes MaiorMajor in gestis Scotorum li 2 Ca. 11. That a monkes cowle, after they had ones vowed …
    With rule
    … of Saynt Gregorye & sumwhat after. Bedas reporteth li. 3. Ca. 6. De gestis Anglorum, et Ioannes MaiorMajor in gestis Scotorum li 2 Ca. 11. That a monkes cowle, after they had ones vowed …

    John Bale · The Acts of English Votaries · p. 37 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    To the MaiorMajor, Aldermen, and Inhabitants of N.
    With rule
    To the MaiorMajor, Aldermen, and Inhabitants of N.

    James Balmford · To the Major Aldermen · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … whole resistance in his Defence standeth on a most frivolous & false exception against the MaiorMajor. Saith he The circuit of a Church by the Apostles intention was the same …
    With rule
    … whole resistance in his Defence standeth on a most frivolous & false exception against the MaiorMajor. Saith he The circuit of a Church by the Apostles intention was the same …

    Henry Jacob · A Declaration and Plainer Opening of Certain Points · p. 32 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … nullus videt te Angelus bonus, videt te Angelus malus, videt te bonis & malis Angelis, maiormajor Deus. Let it be, saith Bernard, that no man see thee, ô wicked man …
    With rule
    … nullus videt te Angelus bonus, videt te Angelus malus, videt te bonis & malis Angelis, maiormajor Deus. Let it be, saith Bernard, that no man see thee, ô wicked man …

    David Lindsay · The Godly Mans Journey to Heaven · p. 92 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    The consequence of the maiormajor is thus made euident. A man that hath lost the grace of regeneration totally …
    With rule
    The consequence of the maiormajor is thus made euident. A man that hath lost the grace of regeneration totally …

    Daniel Featley · A Second Parallel · p. 91 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (25)

8 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 17 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Pilgrimage A10228

  • Printed
    Of ARMENIA MAIORMAJOR, and GEORGIA: and the neighbouring Nations.
    With rule
    Of ARMENIA MAIORMAJOR, and GEORGIA: and the neighbouring Nations.

    Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 287 · Open in the reader

Justification of Separation from the Church of England A10835

  • Printed
    … busines, as wherein every free man hath an hand, he directs them to the MAIORMAJOR, BAYLY, or some other cheife officer, by whome they are to be published to …
    With rule
    … busines, as wherein every free man hath an hand, he directs them to the MAIORMAJOR, BAYLY, or some other cheife officer, by whome they are to be published to …

    John Robinson · Justification of Separation from the Church of England · p. 167 · Open in the reader

Sermon Before the Lord Major of London A44285

  • Printed
    A SERMON Preached afore THOMAS ANDREWS LORD MAIORMAJOR, And the Aldermen, Sheriffs, &c. of the honorable Corporation of the Citie of LONDON …
    With rule
    A SERMON Preached afore THOMAS ANDREWS LORD MAIORMAJOR, And the Aldermen, Sheriffs, &c. of the honorable Corporation of the Citie of LONDON …

    Nathanael Homes · Sermon Before the Lord Major of London · Open in the reader

The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms A56211

  • Printed
    … Kings and the Kingdome hath consisted. This Magistrate was at first called THE IUSTICE MAIORMAJOR; afterwards assuming the name of the Kingdome it selfe, it was called THE IUSTICE …
    With rule
    … Kings and the Kingdome hath consisted. This Magistrate was at first called THE IUSTICE MAIORMAJOR; afterwards assuming the name of the Kingdome it selfe, it was called THE IUSTICE …

    William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms · p. 77 · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

  • Printed
    … the vulgar Edition, giue too much to the Hebrew Edition, as CALVIN, CHEMNITIVS, GEORGIVS MAIORMAJOR: All which would haue euery thing examined and amended by the Hebrew text, which …
    With rule
    … the vulgar Edition, giue too much to the Hebrew Edition, as CALVIN, CHEMNITIVS, GEORGIVS MAIORMAJOR: All which would haue euery thing examined and amended by the Hebrew text, which …

    Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 615 · Open in the reader

Good Counsel for Evil Times A77148

  • Printed
    TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE THE LORD MAIORMAJOR, To the Aldermen and Common-Councell of the City of LONDON.
    With rule
    TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE THE LORD MAIORMAJOR, To the Aldermen and Common-Councell of the City of LONDON.

    Edward Bowles · Good Counsel for Evil Times · Open in the reader

The Mischief Which Heresies Do A80766

  • Printed
    … prevent it. Delivered in a SERMON in Pauls, before the Right Honourable, the LORD MAIORMAJOR, and the ALDERMEN of the famous Citie of LONDON, February the firſt, M. DC …
    With rule
    … prevent it. Delivered in a SERMON in Pauls, before the Right Honourable, the LORD MAIORMAJOR, and the ALDERMEN of the famous Citie of LONDON, February the firſt, M. DC …

    James Cranford · The Mischief Which Heresies Do · Open in the reader

The Sovereign Power of Parliaments Part 4 A91185

  • Printed
    … Kings and the Kingdome hath conſiſted. This Magiſtrate was at firſt called THE IUSTICE MAIORMAJOR; afterwards aſſuming the name of the Kingdome it ſelfe, it was called THE IUSTICE …
    With rule
    … Kings and the Kingdome hath conſiſted. This Magiſtrate was at firſt called THE IUSTICE MAIORMAJOR; afterwards aſſuming the name of the Kingdome it ſelfe, it was called THE IUSTICE …

    William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments Part 4 · p. 77 · Open in the reader