Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11173 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

publickepublic

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

Puritas changed it: 2,824 times in 694 works
Consistency: 99.9% (2,824 of 2,826)
Reach if approved: ~2,969 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: public
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,826 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,824 changes in 694 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,824)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… of ſuch Penitents, and to receive them againe into the Church. They had alſo publickepublic places for ſuch Penitents to ſtand in: and they had formes of confeſſion, and …
With rule
… of ſuch Penitents, and to receive them againe into the Church. They had alſo publickepublic places for ſuch Penitents to ſtand in: and they had formes of confeſſion, and …
William Gouge · Recover from Apostasy · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
… lie in some sinne, whereof when he will not bee admonished, neither by the publickepublic nor priuate meanes, and then some other strange tentation shall fall vpon him, differing …
With rule
… lie in some sinne, whereof when he will not bee admonished, neither by the publickepublic nor priuate meanes, and then some other strange tentation shall fall vpon him, differing …
Richard Greenham · Two Treatises Comforting an Afflicted Conscience · p. 49 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Lotts in games hath beene common in the Churches of God. What! In the publickepublic Aſſemblies? as was the fault of women their heads vncovered in the Church at …
With rule
… Lotts in games hath beene common in the Churches of God. What! In the publickepublic Aſſemblies? as was the fault of women their heads vncovered in the Church at …
James Balmford · Reply to Answers of Mr Gataker · p. 133 · Open in the reader
Printed
… farre foorth as the ſtate, and times wherein they liued violently repreſſed not their publickepublic aſſemblies.
With rule
… farre foorth as the ſtate, and times wherein they liued violently repreſſed not their publickepublic aſſemblies.
Thomas Holland · Sermon 17 November 1599 · Open in the reader
Printed
… prayer; priuate to publickepublic; priuate, and publickepublic to the hearing the word; priuate, and publickepublic prayer, together with the hearing of the word to the worthie participation of the …
With rule
… prayer; priuate to publickepublic; priuate, and publickepublic to the hearing the word; priuate, and publickepublic prayer, together with the hearing of the word to the worthie participation of the …
Daniel Featley · The Handmaid to Private Devotion · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
In the land] PublickePublic benefits are publikely and of all to be acknowledged: Herewith is God well pleaſed …
With rule
In the land] PublickePublic benefits are publikely and of all to be acknowledged: Herewith is God well pleaſed …
Henry Finch · The Calling of the Jews · p. 119 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſonne ſet vp after him, graunted to the Princes electors of Germany, all the publickepublic taxes and tributes of the Empire.
With rule
… ſonne ſet vp after him, graunted to the Princes electors of Germany, all the publickepublic taxes and tributes of the Empire.
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 254 · Open in the reader
Printed
… fortitude no way to manifeſt herſelfe, but by quarreling? Nay, hee that in the publickepublic cauſe, for the defence of truth, of Prince and ſtate, ſheweth himſelfe as a …
With rule
… fortitude no way to manifeſt herſelfe, but by quarreling? Nay, hee that in the publickepublic cauſe, for the defence of truth, of Prince and ſtate, ſheweth himſelfe as a …
George Gifford · Treatise of True Fortitude · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms A56211

Printed
… to governe himselfe, much lesse his Realme; in these two cases, ANY REALME BY PUBLICKEPUBLIC CONSENT and ADVICE MAY CHUSE ANOTHER KING: (for what should he doe with a …
With rule
… to governe himselfe, much lesse his Realme; in these two cases, ANY REALME BY PUBLICKEPUBLIC CONSENT and ADVICE MAY CHUSE ANOTHER KING: (for what should he doe with a …
William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms · p. 100 · Open in the reader

The Treachery and Disloyalty of Papists A91303

Printed
… able to governe himſelfe, much leſſe his Realme; in theſe … caſes, ANY REALME BY PUBLICKEPUBLIC CONSENT and ADVICE MA… CHUSE ANOTHER KING: (for what ſhould he doe with a …
With rule
… able to governe himſelfe, much leſſe his Realme; in theſe … caſes, ANY REALME BY PUBLICKEPUBLIC CONSENT and ADVICE MA… CHUSE ANOTHER KING: (for what ſhould he doe with a …
William Prynne · The Treachery and Disloyalty of Papists · p. 36 · Open in the reader