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nouicesnovices

u and v used by position, not sound: haue → have, vnto → unto.

Puritas changed it
195 times in 108 works
Consistency
100% (195 of 195)
Reach if approved
~205 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: novices
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
195 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (195 changes in 108 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 195)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    Thirdly, that nouicesnovices, or ſuch as haue not the gift of well conceiuing prayers, vſe ſet formes …
    With rule
    Thirdly, that nouicesnovices, or ſuch as haue not the gift of well conceiuing prayers, vſe ſet formes …

    John Mayer · The English Catechism Explained · p. 426 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … this moneth they prepared what was necessarie for the children that should be made NouicesNovices: the moneth following, the olde men made a certaine shew, together with the Children …
    With rule
    … this moneth they prepared what was necessarie for the children that should be made NouicesNovices: the moneth following, the olde men made a certaine shew, together with the Children …

    Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 736 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … them for theirs; ſuch proteſtations were ſeaſonable in the ſcholaſticall diſputations; eſpecially where rude nouicesnovices are admitted to be Auditors; I ſpeake what I know, the verie omiſſion of …
    With rule
    … them for theirs; ſuch proteſtations were ſeaſonable in the ſcholaſticall diſputations; eſpecially where rude nouicesnovices are admitted to be Auditors; I ſpeake what I know, the verie omiſſion of …

    William Sclater · A Key to the Key of Scripture · p. 303 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … as were now of the Church, and were inſtructed in chriſtian Doctrine. Neophyti, or NouicesNovices, were thoſe who were but new come vnto the Church, ſo called from twoo …
    With rule
    … as were now of the Church, and were inſtructed in chriſtian Doctrine. Neophyti, or NouicesNovices, were thoſe who were but new come vnto the Church, ſo called from twoo …

    Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion 2 · p. 2 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    FRiars also of great cautele binding nouicesnovices to vn knowen thinge. For they will not suffer them to knowe there priuities …
    With rule
    FRiars also of great cautele binding nouicesnovices to vn knowen thinge. For they will not suffer them to knowe there priuities …

    John Wycliffe · Against the Begging Friars · p. 57 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … become Chriſtians, are not ſo brought to beleeue the Scriptures but onely Infidels, and NouicesNovices in religion. So that this place ſerueth nothing to obiect againſt vs, who profeſſe …
    With rule
    … become Chriſtians, are not ſo brought to beleeue the Scriptures but onely Infidels, and NouicesNovices in religion. So that this place ſerueth nothing to obiect againſt vs, who profeſſe …

    Francis Bunny · Truth and Falsehood · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    That young nouicesnovices in the faith were crossed, before they were baptised in Augustines time, it neede …
    With rule
    That young nouicesnovices in the faith were crossed, before they were baptised in Augustines time, it neede …

    William Fulke · Two Popish Heretics Confuted · p. 145 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … this Nation, and ſeede of ſucceeding ages: ye Students at the Lawe, and other nouicesnovices and punies vnder your graund Benchers, and moſt graue Seniours: that aſſemble to heare …
    With rule
    … this Nation, and ſeede of ſucceeding ages: ye Students at the Lawe, and other nouicesnovices and punies vnder your graund Benchers, and moſt graue Seniours: that aſſemble to heare …

    William Hubbock · Great Britains Resurrection · 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.