Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11206 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

reliquesrelics

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

Puritas changed it: 3,309 times in 1,058 works
Consistency: 100% (3,309 of 3,309)
Reach if approved: ~3,561 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: relics
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 3,389 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (3,309 changes in 1,058 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 3,309)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… all mariages, coniunctions, or neare familiaritie with Idolaters, 2. Cor. 6. 14. Deut. 17. 3. 4. 2. Chro. 19. 1. 2. Gen. 24. 3. & 28. 1. & 34. 14. Likewiſe all reliquesrelics of Idolatrie, which we muſt pollute and marre, not dooing any ſeruice or honor …
With rule
… all mariages, coniunctions, or neare familiaritie with Idolaters, 2. Cor. 6. 14. Deut. 17. 3. 4. 2. Chro. 19. 1. 2. Gen. 24. 3. & 28. 1. & 34. 14. Likewiſe all reliquesrelics of Idolatrie, which we muſt pollute and marre, not dooing any ſeruice or honor …
Dudley Fenner · Brief Treatise Upon the First Table of the Law · Open in the reader
Printed
… of purpoſe to ſeeme contrary to thē ſelues. Hitherto alſo pertaineth the worſhipping of reliquesrelics, and the Idolatrous adoration of ſacramentes, as the outward ſigne for the thing ſignified …
With rule
… of purpoſe to ſeeme contrary to thē ſelues. Hitherto alſo pertaineth the worſhipping of reliquesrelics, and the Idolatrous adoration of ſacramentes, as the outward ſigne for the thing ſignified …
John Frewen · Fruitful Instructions and Necessary Doctrines · p. 276 · Open in the reader
Printed
… them from the Romane jewellers. First, they must carefully distinguish between publick and private ReliquesRelics: In private ones some forgery may be suspected, lest quid be put for quo …
With rule
… them from the Romane jewellers. First, they must carefully distinguish between publick and private ReliquesRelics: In private ones some forgery may be suspected, lest quid be put for quo …
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Holy War · p. 129 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Iudas betraied the lawgiuer to the wicked: thou haſt betraied as it were his reliquesrelics the lawe of God vnto mē to be deſtroied. Si hominis mortui teſtamentū flammis …
With rule
… Iudas betraied the lawgiuer to the wicked: thou haſt betraied as it were his reliquesrelics the lawe of God vnto mē to be deſtroied. Si hominis mortui teſtamentū flammis …
George Gifford · Plain Declaration that Brownists be Full Donatists · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
2 To keepe any reliquesrelics or monuments of Idolatry, Ex. 23. 13. Gen. 31. 32.
With rule
2 To keepe any reliquesrelics or monuments of Idolatry, Ex. 23. 13. Gen. 31. 32.
Thomas Granger · The Tree of Good and Evil · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
… beene ſpoken concerning the excellencie of Grace, may comfort thee againſt the dregs and reliquesrelics of corruption, and the remnants of the old man yet abiding in thee, which …
With rule
… beene ſpoken concerning the excellencie of Grace, may comfort thee againſt the dregs and reliquesrelics of corruption, and the remnants of the old man yet abiding in thee, which …
Adam Harsnett · A Touch-Stone of Grace · p. 306 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as withstand them, fight for the lawes of his sworne enemie, vphold the filthy reliquesrelics of Antichrist; and are defenders of that which is popish. These are the notes …
With rule
… as withstand them, fight for the lawes of his sworne enemie, vphold the filthy reliquesrelics of Antichrist; and are defenders of that which is popish. These are the notes …
Richard Hooker · The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity · p. 174 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ceremonies ſince Chriſtes comming, muſt be remoued: yea all Romiſh pictures, croſſes, bleſſings, pilgrimages, reliquesrelics, ſingings, and ſuch like, not grounded on the word, muſt away.
With rule
… ceremonies ſince Chriſtes comming, muſt be remoued: yea all Romiſh pictures, croſſes, bleſſings, pilgrimages, reliquesrelics, ſingings, and ſuch like, not grounded on the word, muſt away.
George Estey · Expositions Upon Divers Parts of Scripture · p. 43 · 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.