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aristocraticallaristocratical

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it
197 times in 87 works
Consistency
97.5% (197 of 202)
Reach if approved
~212 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: aristocratical
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
202 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (197 changes in 87 works, 97.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 197)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … to them: Now wee are taught, that the government of the Church is not AriſtocraticallAristocratical; yea that the people as kings haue the povver, and the greater part, of …
    With rule
    … to them: Now wee are taught, that the government of the Church is not AriſtocraticallAristocratical; yea that the people as kings haue the povver, and the greater part, of …

    Francis Johnson · Concerning a Book by Christopher Lawne · p. 28 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … Ariſtocracie, ſaith he, was under the Judges, Joſhua, and others, Monarchie under Kings, which AriſtocraticallAristocratical government of theirs is ſignified to us by theſe words in Deut. 12. 1. 8. Theſe are …
    With rule
    … Ariſtocracie, ſaith he, was under the Judges, Joſhua, and others, Monarchie under Kings, which AriſtocraticallAristocratical government of theirs is ſignified to us by theſe words in Deut. 12. 1. 8. Theſe are …

    William Bridge · The Truth of the Times Vindicated · p. 12 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … the Constitution and forme of the Jewish policy or Government was at that time AristocraticallAristocratical, but it was an Ecclesiasticall Aristocracy, the government was in the hands of the …
    With rule
    … the Constitution and forme of the Jewish policy or Government was at that time AristocraticallAristocratical, but it was an Ecclesiasticall Aristocracy, the government was in the hands of the …

    George Gillespie · Aarons Rod Blossoming · p. 29 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … RULE AND AUTHORITY, as containing in it three ſorts of Government; S…il. Monarchical, AriſtocraticallAristocratical, Democraticall, in matters of Counſell and mannaging of Common wealths cauſes; not in point …
    With rule
    … RULE AND AUTHORITY, as containing in it three ſorts of Government; S…il. Monarchical, AriſtocraticallAristocratical, Democraticall, in matters of Counſell and mannaging of Common wealths cauſes; not in point …

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

  5. Printed
    … the government of it under Christ, the Mediator and Monarch of his Church; tis AristocraticallAristocratical, and by some chief, gifted by Christ, chosen by the people to rule them …
    With rule
    … the government of it under Christ, the Mediator and Monarch of his Church; tis AristocraticallAristocratical, and by some chief, gifted by Christ, chosen by the people to rule them …

    Thomas Shepard · Subjection to Christ in All His Ordinances 2 · p. 54 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … this only, That I maintained that all Churches were to be governed by an AriſtocraticallAristocratical and Presbyterian government, which in thoſe Books I have clearly and fully (through Gods …
    With rule
    … this only, That I maintained that all Churches were to be governed by an AriſtocraticallAristocratical and Presbyterian government, which in thoſe Books I have clearly and fully (through Gods …

    John Bastwick · Independency Not Gods Ordinance · p. 1 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    VI. The rule of theſe was AriſtocraticallAristocratical and conjoynt, and therefore we reade plurally of Elders; the Biſhops in one Citie …
    With rule
    VI. The rule of theſe was AriſtocraticallAristocratical and conjoynt, and therefore we reade plurally of Elders; the Biſhops in one Citie …

    Calybute Downing · The Clear Antithesis · p. 3 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … he beleeves to be AristocraticallAristocratical, he understands to be Prelaticall, which (saith he) is AristocraticallAristocratical, or rather a mixt Government. What meanes he by a mixt Government? Namely, partly …
    With rule
    … he beleeves to be AristocraticallAristocratical, he understands to be Prelaticall, which (saith he) is AristocraticallAristocratical, or rather a mixt Government. What meanes he by a mixt Government? Namely, partly …

    William Prynne · Lord Bishops None of the Lords Bishops · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Defense of the Sermon Preached at the Consecration of the Bishop of Bath A20733

  • Printed
    … our time, who make the gouernement of the Church to be neither monarchiall, nor aristocraticallaristocratical, but democraticall, or rather ochlocraticall; yet was it not to be added, because there …
    With rule
    … our time, who make the gouernement of the Church to be neither monarchiall, nor aristocraticallaristocratical, but democraticall, or rather ochlocraticall; yet was it not to be added, because there …

    George Downame · A Defense of the Sermon Preached at the Consecration of the Bishop of Bath · p. 142 · Open in the reader

Assertion of the Government of the Church of Scotland A42758

  • Printed
    First he saith they beleeve, that the externall Church governement under Christ, is plainely aristocraticallaristocratical and to be administred by some choyce men, although the state bee after a …
    With rule
    First he saith they beleeve, that the externall Church governement under Christ, is plainely aristocraticallaristocratical and to be administred by some choyce men, although the state bee after a …

    George Gillespie · Assertion of the Government of the Church of Scotland · p. 24 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … purposes in publike: which as it hindereth not the governement of Synods to be aristocraticallaristocratical; so neither doth the deliberation of the Elders in private, hinder the governement now …
    With rule
    … purposes in publike: which as it hindereth not the governement of Synods to be aristocraticallaristocratical; so neither doth the deliberation of the Elders in private, hinder the governement now …

    George Gillespie · Assertion of the Government of the Church of Scotland · p. 26 · Open in the reader