Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6731 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

diocessesdioceses

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 613 times in 221 works
Consistency: 93.8% (613 of 653)
Reach if approved: ~686 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: dioceses
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 653 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (613 changes in 221 works, 93.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 613)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… there would be fewer than many ſcore thouſands preſented at once. And in other DioceſſesDioceses many ſcore hundreds at leaſt,
With rule
… there would be fewer than many ſcore thouſands preſented at once. And in other DioceſſesDioceses many ſcore hundreds at leaſt,
Richard Baxter · The Nonconformists Plea for Peace · p. 201 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Apoſtles went, viz. John and Peter, and therefore that they muſt have the ſame DioceſſesDioceses, or have their DioceſſesDioceses notably intermixt: John was in Aſia as well as Paul …
With rule
… Apoſtles went, viz. John and Peter, and therefore that they muſt have the ſame DioceſſesDioceses, or have their DioceſſesDioceses notably intermixt: John was in Aſia as well as Paul …
Richard Baxter · A Treatise of Episcopacy · p. 88 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to their Seas. Secondly, I would be ſatisfied concerning the largenes of thoſe two DioceſſesDioceses Gortyna and Cydonea; and how long the Kingdome of Ireland (divided from the Continent …
With rule
… to their Seas. Secondly, I would be ſatisfied concerning the largenes of thoſe two DioceſſesDioceses Gortyna and Cydonea; and how long the Kingdome of Ireland (divided from the Continent …
John Gee · New Shreds of the Old Snare · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
Nay more than this: It should seem, that in those first times, before DiocessesDioceses were divided into those lesser & subordinate Churches, we now call Parishes, & Presbyters assigned to …
With rule
Nay more than this: It should seem, that in those first times, before DiocessesDioceses were divided into those lesser & subordinate Churches, we now call Parishes, & Presbyters assigned to …
Joseph Mede · Churches for Christian Worship · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Paſtors too within ſuch a compaſſe, ſome greater, ſome ſmaller, which we call DioceſſesDioceses; and as this is generally ſo in all antient Writers, ſo likewiſe if the …
With rule
… the Paſtors too within ſuch a compaſſe, ſome greater, ſome ſmaller, which we call DioceſſesDioceses; and as this is generally ſo in all antient Writers, ſo likewiſe if the …
John Randall · Twenty-Nine Lectures · p. 281 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and Curate, Lecturer and Minister, in euery Cathedrall and Parish Church within their seuerall DiocessesDioceses; and that ye earnestly require them, to employ their vtmost endeauours for the performance …
With rule
… and Curate, Lecturer and Minister, in euery Cathedrall and Parish Church within their seuerall DiocessesDioceses; and that ye earnestly require them, to employ their vtmost endeauours for the performance …
Archbishop George Abbot · Kings Letter to the Lords of Canterbury Touching Preaching and Preachers · Open in the reader
Printed
… inferiour spirituall Princes, which are Bishops: (for so Bellarmine saies, That Bishops in their DiocessesDioceses are Ecclesiastique Princes. ) And haue Bishops any such measure of this spirituall principality, that …
With rule
… inferiour spirituall Princes, which are Bishops: (for so Bellarmine saies, That Bishops in their DiocessesDioceses are Ecclesiastique Princes. ) And haue Bishops any such measure of this spirituall principality, that …
John Donne · Pseudo-Martyr · p. 258 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ordinary Means of hopeful Reformation, and Exerciſe of Diſcipline; eſpecially, the Largeneſs of the DioceſſesDioceses making it impoſſible to be uſed to One of an Hundred, that (according to …
With rule
… ordinary Means of hopeful Reformation, and Exerciſe of Diſcipline; eſpecially, the Largeneſs of the DioceſſesDioceses making it impoſſible to be uſed to One of an Hundred, that (according to …
Richard Baxter · Answer to Stillingfleets Charge of Separation · p. 58 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (40)

14 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 26 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture A00593

Printed
… wealth, ſome of knowledge, ſome of the Word and Sacraments. Kings dominions, and Biſhops dioceſſesdioceses, and Lords lands, and Rich mens mony, and Clerkes writings, and Merchants trades, and …
With rule
… wealth, ſome of knowledge, ſome of the Word and Sacraments. Kings dominions, and Biſhops dioceſſesdioceses, and Lords lands, and Rich mens mony, and Clerkes writings, and Merchants trades, and …
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 272 · Open in the reader

A Manumission to a Manuduction A10838

Printed
… of theyr power to preach when and where they list in theyr provinces, and diocessesdioceses, exorbitant, and antichristian; & so a parte of theyr usurpation, whether of the foundation, or …
With rule
… of theyr power to preach when and where they list in theyr provinces, and diocessesdioceses, exorbitant, and antichristian; & so a parte of theyr usurpation, whether of the foundation, or …
John Robinson · A Manumission to a Manuduction · p. 10 · Open in the reader
Printed
… onely the greatest parte of, but in effect, theyr whole Iurisdiction in theyr provinces, & diocessesdioceses, standes, in theyr ordeyning of ministers & excommunicateing of offenders with theyr apurtenances, & in theyr …
With rule
… onely the greatest parte of, but in effect, theyr whole Iurisdiction in theyr provinces, & diocessesdioceses, standes, in theyr ordeyning of ministers & excommunicateing of offenders with theyr apurtenances, & in theyr …
John Robinson · A Manumission to a Manuduction · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
… him & me is in these two questions. 1. whether the Bishops jurisdiction in theyr provinces, & diocessesdioceses be lawfull, or no? 2. whether the parochial ministers being ordeyned, instituted, & licensed by the …
With rule
… him & me is in these two questions. 1. whether the Bishops jurisdiction in theyr provinces, & diocessesdioceses be lawfull, or no? 2. whether the parochial ministers being ordeyned, instituted, & licensed by the …
John Robinson · A Manumission to a Manuduction · p. 19 · Open in the reader

Exposition of the Principal Scriptures Used in our English Liturgy A16547

Printed
… first, and principally, whom he did visit in his own person, whereas all other diocessesdioceses of the world were visited by Commissaries: I say first, for afterward all people …
With rule
… first, and principally, whom he did visit in his own person, whereas all other diocessesdioceses of the world were visited by Commissaries: I say first, for afterward all people …
John Boys · Exposition of the Principal Scriptures Used in our English Liturgy · p. 27 · Open in the reader

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

Printed
… beeen determined in many Councels, that the people which be in the parishes or diocessesdioceses held by the Bishoppes, which neuer had a Bishop of their owne, should not …
With rule
… beeen determined in many Councels, that the people which be in the parishes or diocessesdioceses held by the Bishoppes, which neuer had a Bishop of their owne, should not …
George Downame · A Defense of the Sermon Preached at the Consecration of the Bishop of Bath · p. 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that the Churches were dioceses, and the Presbyteries with the Presidents thereof prouided for diocessesdioceses, (which … haue shewed before) so they consent in this, that the Presbyteries had by …
With rule
… that the Churches were dioceses, and the Presbyteries with the Presidents thereof prouided for diocessesdioceses, (which … haue shewed before) so they consent in this, that the Presbyteries had by …
George Downame · A Defense of the Sermon Preached at the Consecration of the Bishop of Bath · p. 7 · Open in the reader

A Third Defense of Peace A27046

Printed
… conſent to his Government, which they do not to the Biſhop of the Neighbour-dioceſſesdioceses. 3. The Pariſhioners ſignifie their conſent to their Relation to that particular Church and Incumbent …
With rule
… conſent to his Government, which they do not to the Biſhop of the Neighbour-dioceſſesdioceses. 3. The Pariſhioners ſignifie their conſent to their Relation to that particular Church and Incumbent …
Richard Baxter · A Third Defense of Peace · p. 71 · Open in the reader

The Remains of John Corbet A34542

Printed
… Deacons, in a church. Alſo Council Antiochen. c. 5. Hereupon Mr. Mede ſaith, that before dioceſſesdioceses were divided into pariſhes, they had not only one altar in one church or …
With rule
… Deacons, in a church. Alſo Council Antiochen. c. 5. Hereupon Mr. Mede ſaith, that before dioceſſesdioceses were divided into pariſhes, they had not only one altar in one church or …
John Corbet · The Remains of John Corbet · p. 102 · Open in the reader

Unity Restored to the Church of England A50383

Printed
… their own mouthes every one ſhall acknowledge to be his bounden duty, but Biſhops dioceſſesdioceses being ſo large, that they cannot in perſon go about, to lay their hands …
With rule
… their own mouthes every one ſhall acknowledge to be his bounden duty, but Biſhops dioceſſesdioceses being ſo large, that they cannot in perſon go about, to lay their hands …
John Mayer · Unity Restored to the Church of England · p. 34 · Open in the reader

The Unreasonableness of the Separation Made Apparent B11734

Printed
… thēſelues; though in regard of their Prelaticall office, they are Gouernors of whole Prouinces, & dioceſſesdioceses, yet it is poſſible for them (not withſtanding) to be members (in their Eſtate …
With rule
… thēſelues; though in regard of their Prelaticall office, they are Gouernors of whole Prouinces, & dioceſſesdioceses, yet it is poſſible for them (not withſtanding) to be members (in their Eſtate …
William Bradshaw · The Unreasonableness of the Separation Made Apparent · Open in the reader
Printed
… lawes and Statuts for the Common wealth. They are Rulers of whol Prouinces, and dioceſsesdioceses in the Eccleſiaſticall cauſes therof.
With rule
… lawes and Statuts for the Common wealth. They are Rulers of whol Prouinces, and dioceſsesdioceses in the Eccleſiaſticall cauſes therof.
William Bradshaw · The Unreasonableness of the Separation Made Apparent · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſuch Paſtors, as are over whole Prouinces but two, & ſuch as are over whole dioceſſesdioceses but, 26. and yet hold alſo without any abſurditie, that their are alſo as many …
With rule
… ſuch Paſtors, as are over whole Prouinces but two, & ſuch as are over whole dioceſſesdioceses but, 26. and yet hold alſo without any abſurditie, that their are alſo as many …
William Bradshaw · The Unreasonableness of the Separation Made Apparent · Open in the reader

The Unreasonableness of the Separation Made Apparent 2 B11736

Printed
… the generall & particular chu…ches there: & whether he may not subdivide those provinces into diocessesdioceses, assigneing allso unto them, other more inferior officers, under him, & his provinciall officers, to …
With rule
… the generall & particular chu…ches there: & whether he may not subdivide those provinces into diocessesdioceses, assigneing allso unto them, other more inferior officers, under him, & his provinciall officers, to …
William Bradshaw · The Unreasonableness of the Separation Made Apparent 2 · p. 66 · Open in the reader