Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11343 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

sacriledgesacrilege

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

Puritas changed it: 2,889 times in 1,025 works
Consistency: 99.6% (2,889 of 2,898)
Reach if approved: ~3,047 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: sacrilege
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,900 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,889 changes in 1,025 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,889)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… worship borrowed from the Pope / which came out of the bottomlesse pit / confesse your sacriledgesacrilege in suppressing CHRISTS whole ministerie and ordinances / and erecting an other for the perpetuitie …
With rule
… worship borrowed from the Pope / which came out of the bottomlesse pit / confesse your sacriledgesacrilege in suppressing CHRISTS whole ministerie and ordinances / and erecting an other for the perpetuitie …
John Greenwood · Answer to Giffords Defense of Read Prayers · p. 56 · Open in the reader
Printed
… must yeeld simplie obedience, and be content to doe so: but it is high sacriledgesacrilege for any man to vsurpe this piuiledge of God; all men may and oftentimes …
With rule
… must yeeld simplie obedience, and be content to doe so: but it is high sacriledgesacrilege for any man to vsurpe this piuiledge of God; all men may and oftentimes …
Francis Hastings · Defense of the Watch-Word Against the Ward-Word · p. 150 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of Christ, if mē do Angels should attempt, it were most heynous and cursed sacriledgesacrilege. And the Gospell as they say containeth not only doctrine instructing men how they …
With rule
… of Christ, if mē do Angels should attempt, it were most heynous and cursed sacriledgesacrilege. And the Gospell as they say containeth not only doctrine instructing men how they …
Richard Hooker · The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity · p. 149 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vses, the persons before named not being prouided for, is both to commit theft & sacriledgesacrilege, yea, the spoile of the pore is in the houses of so manye, as …
With rule
… vses, the persons before named not being prouided for, is both to commit theft & sacriledgesacrilege, yea, the spoile of the pore is in the houses of so manye, as …
John Knox · Sermon in Edinburgh · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vanities, if God had not said, nolit… tangere, touch them not. Rapine, Lust, Ebrietie, SacriledgeSacrilege would sitte idle for want of customers, if Gods interdiction had not sette a …
With rule
… vanities, if God had not said, nolit… tangere, touch them not. Rapine, Lust, Ebrietie, SacriledgeSacrilege would sitte idle for want of customers, if Gods interdiction had not sette a …
Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 99 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the primitiue and auncient Churche, did not, but iudged it to be meare Idolatry, sacriledgesacrilege, and blasphemie. As Basile in his. 141. Epistle proueth the holy ghoste to be God …
With rule
… the primitiue and auncient Churche, did not, but iudged it to be meare Idolatry, sacriledgesacrilege, and blasphemie. As Basile in his. 141. Epistle proueth the holy ghoste to be God …
William Fulke · A Confutation of a Popish and Slanderous Libel · p. 45 · Open in the reader
Printed
… sin; and perchance a lesse for a greater: Thou that abhorrest Idols, committest thou sacriledgesacrilege? Rom. 2. Some thinke themselves improved in piety, because they left prodigality, and reele into …
With rule
… sin; and perchance a lesse for a greater: Thou that abhorrest Idols, committest thou sacriledgesacrilege? Rom. 2. Some thinke themselves improved in piety, because they left prodigality, and reele into …
Thomas Fuller · Josephs Party-Colored Coat · p. 97 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ought to be no voice in Gods houſe but his owne. It is high ſacriledgesacrilege for any other voice but Gods to be vttered there. And Chriſt ſaith hée …
With rule
… ought to be no voice in Gods houſe but his owne. It is high ſacriledgesacrilege for any other voice but Gods to be vttered there. And Chriſt ſaith hée …
George Gifford · Eight Sermons on Ecclesiastes · p. 126 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

9 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 History of the Holy War A01342

Printed
B. Ch. SAcriledgeSacrilege, 5 17 Saladine killeth the Caliph of Egypt, 2 37 succeeds in Egypt and Damascus, ibid. conquereth Guy …
With rule
B. Ch. SAcriledgeSacrilege, 5 17 Saladine killeth the Caliph of Egypt, 2 37 succeeds in Egypt and Damascus, ibid. conquereth Guy …
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Holy War · Open in the reader

Exposition of the Moral Law A14909

Printed
SAcriledgeSacrilege is coloured theft for the moſt part, under ſome pretence of law.
With rule
SAcriledgeSacrilege is coloured theft for the moſt part, under ſome pretence of law.
John Weemes · Exposition of the Moral Law · p. 213 · Open in the reader

Abridgment of Ecclesiastical Laws A42925

Printed
(1.) SACRILEDGESACRILEGE, from Sacro & Lego, or à Sacris Legendis, that is, ſuffurandis for that word Lego …
With rule
(1.) SACRILEDGESACRILEGE, from Sacro & Lego, or à Sacris Legendis, that is, ſuffurandis for that word Lego …
John Godolphin · Abridgment of Ecclesiastical Laws · p. 528 · Open in the reader
Printed
SAcriledgeSacrilege, what; whence ſo called, how many ways it may be committed; and the ſevere …
With rule
SAcriledgeSacrilege, what; whence ſo called, how many ways it may be committed; and the ſevere …
John Godolphin · Abridgment of Ecclesiastical Laws · Open in the reader

Vindication of the Authority of Christian Kings A45227

Printed
… own Pomp, Luxury, Children, Wives, Kinred; which in St. Bernards judgement is not only SACRILEDGESACRILEGE, but likewise A DOVBLE INIQVITY; which should cause them both to fear and tremble.
With rule
… own Pomp, Luxury, Children, Wives, Kinred; which in St. Bernards judgement is not only SACRILEDGESACRILEGE, but likewise A DOVBLE INIQVITY; which should cause them both to fear and tremble.
Jan Hus · Vindication of the Authority of Christian Kings · p. 112 · Open in the reader

A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic A56191

Printed
Without GREAT SACRILEDGESACRILEGE. In which Decree,
With rule
Without GREAT SACRILEDGESACRILEGE. In which Decree,
William Prynne · A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic · p. 136 · Open in the reader
Printed
As this Pope doth, that it is SACRILEDGESACRILEGE,
With rule
As this Pope doth, that it is SACRILEDGESACRILEGE,
William Prynne · A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic · p. 137 · Open in the reader
Printed
Without GREAT SACRILEDGESACRILEGE: And if that they
With rule
Without GREAT SACRILEDGESACRILEGE: And if that they
William Prynne · A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic · p. 138 · Open in the reader

An Item Against Sacrilege A79893

Printed
AN ITEM AGAINST SACRILEDGESACRILEGE: OR, SUNDRY QUERIES CONCERNING TITHES.
With rule
AN ITEM AGAINST SACRILEDGESACRILEGE: OR, SUNDRY QUERIES CONCERNING TITHES.
Samuel Clarke · An Item Against Sacrilege · Open in the reader