Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11160 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

preheminencepreeminence

Everything else the mechanical classes do not explain: shew → show, then → than.

Puritas changed it: 2,966 times in 1,078 works
Consistency: 99.9% (2,966 of 2,969)
Reach if approved: ~3,122 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: pre-eminence
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,971 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,966 changes in 1,078 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,966)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Challenge, or the Church of GOD, from the acknowledgement of anie such Diotrephes-lyke PreheminencePreeminence, in her purest and primitiue tymes, whyle as shee remayned as an holie and …
With rule
… Challenge, or the Church of GOD, from the acknowledgement of anie such Diotrephes-lyke PreheminencePreeminence, in her purest and primitiue tymes, whyle as shee remayned as an holie and …
William Guild · Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame · p. 255 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the Topaze is yellow, of the colour of gold or saffron, which signifieth preheminencepreeminence and superiority, because gold is the chiefe of all metalls: whence it is that …
With rule
… of the Topaze is yellow, of the colour of gold or saffron, which signifieth preheminencepreeminence and superiority, because gold is the chiefe of all metalls: whence it is that …
John Jackson · The Worthy Churchman · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of Eſau and Iſaac in Parents conception, merits, demerits, onely in birth Eſau had preheminencepreeminence. Secondly, marke the word Came, ſignifying the election of the one, & calling him to …
With rule
… of Eſau and Iſaac in Parents conception, merits, demerits, onely in birth Eſau had preheminencepreeminence. Secondly, marke the word Came, ſignifying the election of the one, & calling him to …
Paul Baynes · Commentary Upon Ephesians 1 · p. 140 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it is exceeding forcible, for who so hath of this waxe, doubtles hath great preheminencepreeminence: for in Lent he may eate fleshe without let or daunger of lawe, he …
With rule
… it is exceeding forcible, for who so hath of this waxe, doubtles hath great preheminencepreeminence: for in Lent he may eate fleshe without let or daunger of lawe, he …
Phillips Marnix · The Bee Hive of the Romish Church · Open in the reader
Printed
Paraphraſt. expoſition 4 And they worſhipped the ^h devil that gaue ſuch preheminencepreeminence to that Empire, and they honoured that empire, eſteeming none like therunto or able …
With rule
Paraphraſt. expoſition 4 And they worſhipped the ^h devil that gaue ſuch preheminencepreeminence to that Empire, and they honoured that empire, eſteeming none like therunto or able …
John Napier · The Whole Revelation of John in Two Treatises · p. 168 · Open in the reader
Printed
… neere him, here one verse containes thē both. In life the rich hath the preheminencepreeminence of ease, and wealth, and honour: in death the poore man goes first to …
With rule
… neere him, here one verse containes thē both. In life the rich hath the preheminencepreeminence of ease, and wealth, and honour: in death the poore man goes first to …
Thomas Adams · The City of Peace · p. 135 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the body. Wherein you ſee Religion and the feare of God hath gotten the preheminencepreeminence.
With rule
… the body. Wherein you ſee Religion and the feare of God hath gotten the preheminencepreeminence.
Stephen Geree · The Ornament of Women · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as if a difference could be made, this written Word of God ſhould haue preheminencepreeminence; and ſo doth Chriſt alſo ſeeme to preferre it vnto the witneſſe of Iohn …
With rule
… as if a difference could be made, this written Word of God ſhould haue preheminencepreeminence; and ſo doth Chriſt alſo ſeeme to preferre it vnto the witneſſe of Iohn …
William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 330 · 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.

The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms A56211

Printed
… Person, Prelate, State or Potentate hath or ought to have any Iurisdiction, Power, SUPERIORITY, PREHEMINENCEPREEMINENCE, or Authority, Ecclesiasticall or Spirituall within this Realm; and therefore I do utterly renounce …
With rule
… Person, Prelate, State or Potentate hath or ought to have any Iurisdiction, Power, SUPERIORITY, PREHEMINENCEPREEMINENCE, or Authority, Ecclesiasticall or Spirituall within this Realm; and therefore I do utterly renounce …
William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms · p. 104 · Open in the reader

Apology Against a Pretended Calumny A91223

Printed
In Anſwer to ſome Paſſages in THE PREHEMINENCEPREEMINENCE OF PARLEMENT.
With rule
In Anſwer to ſome Paſſages in THE PREHEMINENCEPREEMINENCE OF PARLEMENT.
William Prynne · Apology Against a Pretended Calumny · Open in the reader