Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11191 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

superioursuperior

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

Puritas changed it: 5,349 times in 1,637 works
Consistency: 99.9% (5,349 of 5,353)
Reach if approved: ~5,626 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: superior
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 5,354 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (5,349 changes in 1,637 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 5,349)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… preſerue them? Whereupon I gather this concluſiō: He that ruleth, and v…doeth theſe ſuperioursuperior and iuferiour things, he that maketh the world, & maketh an end therof, muſt make …
With rule
… preſerue them? Whereupon I gather this concluſiō: He that ruleth, and v…doeth theſe ſuperioursuperior and iuferiour things, he that maketh the world, & maketh an end therof, muſt make …
Laurence Humphrey · A View of the Romish Hydra · p. 170 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as a condition, but as that nature which enableth us to see him. The superioursuperior and transcendent nature cannot bee perceived by the inferiour; a beast may see the …
With rule
… as a condition, but as that nature which enableth us to see him. The superioursuperior and transcendent nature cannot bee perceived by the inferiour; a beast may see the …
Phineas Fletcher · The Way to Blessedness · p. 203 · Open in the reader
Printed
… euery one of Peters successors equal with Peter in authoritie, or Peter him selfe superioursuperior to the rest of the Apostles. And consequently there is no cause to thinke …
With rule
… euery one of Peters successors equal with Peter in authoritie, or Peter him selfe superioursuperior to the rest of the Apostles. And consequently there is no cause to thinke …
William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 313 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and ſalute you by this name. This Father Lawrence was ſhortly after by the SuperiourSuperior of his Order ſent into England, where in the Perſon of Saint Lawrence hee …
With rule
… and ſalute you by this name. This Father Lawrence was ſhortly after by the SuperiourSuperior of his Order ſent into England, where in the Perſon of Saint Lawrence hee …
John Gee · Hold Fast · p. 42 · Open in the reader
Printed
… selfe, setting children at variance against their owne parents. There are three very neare; SuperiourSuperior, equall, inferiour; Parent, wife, children: yet we must separate from them, rather then from …
With rule
… selfe, setting children at variance against their owne parents. There are three very neare; SuperiourSuperior, equall, inferiour; Parent, wife, children: yet we must separate from them, rather then from …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 97 · Open in the reader
Printed
The duties of the SuperiourSuperior to the Inferiour.
With rule
The duties of the SuperiourSuperior to the Inferiour.
Thomas Granger · The Tree of Good and Evil · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
… be vrged, for men are full of contempt, and too ſawcy with them of ſuperioursuperior place and authority:) yet when all ſhal be ſummoned before the tribunall of God …
With rule
… be vrged, for men are full of contempt, and too ſawcy with them of ſuperioursuperior place and authority:) yet when all ſhal be ſummoned before the tribunall of God …
Henry Greenwood · Tormenting Tophet · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vow is (as a Catholike Frenchman setteth it downe) to obey their generall or superioursuperior, who is alwaies a Spaniard, or one of the King of Spaynes Dominions) the …
With rule
… vow is (as a Catholike Frenchman setteth it downe) to obey their generall or superioursuperior, who is alwaies a Spaniard, or one of the King of Spaynes Dominions) the …
Francis Hastings · Defense of the Watch-Word Against the Ward-Word · p. 150 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

4 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
… third his reigne, lib. 2. cap. 16. f. 34. a. resolves thus, But the King hath a SUPERIOURSUPERIOR, to wit God: Also the Law, by which be is made a King: likewise …
With rule
… third his reigne, lib. 2. cap. 16. f. 34. a. resolves thus, But the King hath a SUPERIOURSUPERIOR, to wit God: Also the Law, by which be is made a King: likewise …
William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… power to doe. And in the last Chapter is perspicuo…sly set downe THAT SUPERIOURSUPERIOR POWER OF THE PEOPLE, GREATER THEN THE PRINCIPALITY IT SE…FE. How then doth …
With rule
… power to doe. And in the last Chapter is perspicuo…sly set downe THAT SUPERIOURSUPERIOR POWER OF THE PEOPLE, GREATER THEN THE PRINCIPALITY IT SE…FE. How then doth …
William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms · p. 111 · Open in the reader

The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms Part 3 A91298

Printed
… nor power to doe. And in the laſt Chapter is perſpicuouſly ſet downe THAT SUPERIOURSUPERIOR POWER OF THE PEOPLE, GREATER THEN THE PRINCIPALITY IT SELFE. How then doth Vlpian …
With rule
… nor power to doe. And in the laſt Chapter is perſpicuouſly ſet downe THAT SUPERIOURSUPERIOR POWER OF THE PEOPLE, GREATER THEN THE PRINCIPALITY IT SELFE. How then doth Vlpian …
William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms Part 3 · p. 111 · Open in the reader

A Complete Body of Divinity N02384

Printed
2. SUPERIOURSUPERIOR to it. They are not co-ordinate Cauſes; drawing together, but the concurſe of …
With rule
2. SUPERIOURSUPERIOR to it. They are not co-ordinate Cauſes; drawing together, but the concurſe of …
Samuel Willard · A Complete Body of Divinity · p. 144 · Open in the reader