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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7799 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

sygnesign

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

Puritas changed it
246 times in 89 works
Consistency
98.8% (246 of 249)
Reach if approved
~262 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
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Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
249 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (246 changes in 89 works, 98.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 246)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … vnto the true worshipp of godd / not a pure mynde only / but the owtwarde sygnesign / tokē / and doinge of worshippe / and seruice. The lorde our god is not cōtent …
    With rule
    … vnto the true worshipp of godd / not a pure mynde only / but the owtwarde sygnesign / tokē / and doinge of worshippe / and seruice. The lorde our god is not cōtent …

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · The Cohabitation of the Faithful with the Unfaithful · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … ſolde at his ſhope ioininge to the mydle North dore of Paules, at the ſygnesign of the blacke boye.
    With rule
    … ſolde at his ſhope ioininge to the mydle North dore of Paules, at the ſygnesign of the blacke boye.

    John Bradford · The Hurt of Hearing Mass · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … Christian b…rialles, Of houseling before death, Of reseruation of the sacrament. Of the sygnesign of the crosse, Of Benediction of Bishoppes.
    With rule
    … Christian b…rialles, Of houseling before death, Of reseruation of the sacrament. Of the sygnesign of the crosse, Of Benediction of Bishoppes.

    William Fulke · Two Popish Heretics Confuted · p. 101 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    Thys sygnesign shalt thu haue, for a token specyall,
    With rule
    Thys sygnesign shalt thu haue, for a token specyall,

    John Bale · A Tragedy Manifesting the Chief Promises of God Unto Man · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    ¶Imprynted at London in Fletestrete, at the sygnesign of the Sonne, by Iohn̄ Byddell. The yere of our lorde. M.D.xxxviij.
    With rule
    ¶Imprynted at London in Fletestrete, at the sygnesign of the Sonne, by Iohn̄ Byddell. The yere of our lorde. M.D.xxxviij.

    David Lindsay · The Complaint and Testament of a Popinjay · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    ¶Imprynted at London in Botulphe lane at the sygnesign of the whyte Beare, by Iohn̄ Maylerre for Iohn̄ Gough. Anno Dn̄i. 1542.
    With rule
    ¶Imprynted at London in Botulphe lane at the sygnesign of the whyte Beare, by Iohn̄ Maylerre for Iohn̄ Gough. Anno Dn̄i. 1542.

    Thomas Becon · The New Policy of War · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … as well in Germanye as elles where. And if they wyll that we ſhall ſygnesign anye thinge, it is reaſon that my Lorde Cardinall of Lorrayne ſygnesign alſo that …
    With rule
    … as well in Germanye as elles where. And if they wyll that we ſhall ſygnesign anye thinge, it is reaſon that my Lorde Cardinall of Lorrayne ſygnesign alſo that …

    Theodore Beza · The Second Oration · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … gaue her Elysabeth to a sygnesign. And vnto the sheperdes gaue ye aūgell a sygnesign as ye read in ye fyrste of luke. And Exodi. xji. god gaue ye …
    With rule
    … gaue her Elysabeth to a sygnesign. And vnto the sheperdes gaue ye aūgell a sygnesign as ye read in ye fyrste of luke. And Exodi. xji. god gaue ye …

    William Tyndale · Declaration of the Sacraments · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Declaration of the Sacraments A14135

  • Printed
    … straūge speakynge and farre from the vse of oure tō ge, to call the SygneSign and confyrmacyon with the name of the thyng that is sygnyfyed and confyrmed.
    With rule
    … straūge speakynge and farre from the vse of oure tō ge, to call the SygneSign and confyrmacyon with the name of the thyng that is sygnyfyed and confyrmed.

    William Tyndale · Declaration of the Sacraments · Open in the reader

The Plea for Infants and Elder People Concerning their Baptism A19033

  • Printed
    … State of the Church, pag. 47. 48. witneſſeth that Tertullian brought … extreeme vnction after baptiſm, the SygneSign of the Croſse, offering for the dead, and …er the like dreames of the …
    With rule
    … State of the Church, pag. 47. 48. witneſſeth that Tertullian brought … extreeme vnction after baptiſm, the SygneSign of the Croſse, offering for the dead, and …er the like dreames of the …

    Richard Clifton · The Plea for Infants and Elder People Concerning their Baptism · Open in the reader