Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7790 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

chayrechair

Two or more mechanical changes in one word: sinne → sin, vnderstande → understand.

Puritas changed it: 363 times in 165 works
Consistency: 100% (363 of 363)
Reach if approved: ~381 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: chair
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 363 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (363 changes in 165 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 363)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… to get meeknesse in generall, as, but for particular cases they are for a chayrechair, not for a pulpit, depending vpon circumstances.
With rule
… to get meeknesse in generall, as, but for particular cases they are for a chayrechair, not for a pulpit, depending vpon circumstances.
Robert Harris · The Way to True Happiness · p. 114 · Open in the reader
Printed
… shoulder, no lesse then with hart or voyce; there is to sit in Moses ChayreChair, and to doe as they say; there is to feed the flock, & to be …
With rule
… shoulder, no lesse then with hart or voyce; there is to sit in Moses ChayreChair, and to doe as they say; there is to feed the flock, & to be …
John Jackson · The Worthy Churchman · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
… your eyes from beholding vanity, eſpecially from ſtageplaies, the very theater of vanity, the chayrechair of the Devil, and the other maſſe-book of the Ieſuite. Labour as much …
With rule
… your eyes from beholding vanity, eſpecially from ſtageplaies, the very theater of vanity, the chayrechair of the Devil, and the other maſſe-book of the Ieſuite. Labour as much …
Alexander Leighton · The Looking Glass of the Holy War · p. 121 · Open in the reader
Printed
… at his house. Then Sir Henry (whereas there was appointed for her Grace, a ChayreChair, two Cushions, and a foote Carpet very Prince-like) wherein presumptuo…s…y hee …
With rule
… at his house. Then Sir Henry (whereas there was appointed for her Grace, a ChayreChair, two Cushions, and a foote Carpet very Prince-like) wherein presumptuo…s…y hee …
John Foxe · Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny · p. 371 · Open in the reader
Printed
… for these great two legged Foxes Lordly tayles to sit in; … a lesser meaner ChayreChair did then c…ntent the divell, who now sits in greater state, and is …
With rule
… for these great two legged Foxes Lordly tayles to sit in; … a lesser meaner ChayreChair did then c…ntent the divell, who now sits in greater state, and is …
William Prynne · A Looking Glass for All Lordly Prelates · p. 26 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Sodome and Gomorra, So Moſes chayie is put for the doctrine taught in Moſes chayrechair. So all lericho and Ieruſalem came out, that is all the men in lericho …
With rule
… Sodome and Gomorra, So Moſes chayie is put for the doctrine taught in Moſes chayrechair. So all lericho and Ieruſalem came out, that is all the men in lericho …
Dudley Fenner · The Arts of Logic and Rhetoric · Open in the reader
Printed
… changed Cathedrā magistery, wherin God placed their Doctors, in sodem pestilentiae, into the scorners chayrechair, contemning his benefits: they had a Vineyard at an easie rate, yet payed no …
With rule
… changed Cathedrā magistery, wherin God placed their Doctors, in sodem pestilentiae, into the scorners chayrechair, contemning his benefits: they had a Vineyard at an easie rate, yet payed no …
Thomas Adams · Englands Sickness Compared to Israels · p. 25 · Open in the reader
Printed
… you? Do you not know that our Sauiour by mentioning their ſitting in Moſes ChayreChair, doth bind the auditors to receiue their doctrine ſo farre as it was the …
With rule
… you? Do you not know that our Sauiour by mentioning their ſitting in Moſes ChayreChair, doth bind the auditors to receiue their doctrine ſo farre as it was the …
George Gifford · Short Reply to the Donatists · p. 71 · 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.