Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #1180 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ouerseeroverseer

u and v used by position, not sound: haue → have, vnto → unto.

Puritas changed it: 102 times in 67 works
Consistency: 78.4% (102 of 130)
Reach if approved: ~137 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: overseer
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 130 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (102 changes in 67 works, 78.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 102)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Sobrietie. As wiſedome is made ouerſeeroverseer of all other vertues, ſo Sobrietie is made ouerſeeroverseer of wiſdome, to meaſure it foorth in euen portions and due reaſons, that none …
With rule
… Sobrietie. As wiſedome is made ouerſeeroverseer of all other vertues, ſo Sobrietie is made ouerſeeroverseer of wiſdome, to meaſure it foorth in euen portions and due reaſons, that none …
Henry Smith · Sermons in One Volume · p. 989 · Open in the reader
Printed
… God may be made perfite. And, For it behooues ton episkopon a Biſhop or ouerſeeroverseer, &c. Heir are the ſame phraſes of ſpeach: they ſpeak all of a man …
With rule
… God may be made perfite. And, For it behooues ton episkopon a Biſhop or ouerſeeroverseer, &c. Heir are the ſame phraſes of ſpeach: they ſpeak all of a man …
John Welch · Reply Against Gilbert Brown · p. 293 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſluggarde, conſider her wayes and learne to be wiſe. She hath no guyde nor ouerſeeroverseer, nor ruler, & yet in the Summer ſhe prouideth her meate, and gathereth her foode …
With rule
… ſluggarde, conſider her wayes and learne to be wiſe. She hath no guyde nor ouerſeeroverseer, nor ruler, & yet in the Summer ſhe prouideth her meate, and gathereth her foode …
Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · p. 269 · Open in the reader
Printed
… are in this argumēt? The Apoſtles placed biſhops in euerie cytie, therfore an Archbiſhop ouerſeeroverseer off them in euery prouince. After he ſaith / yf by a piller of Antechriſte …
With rule
… are in this argumēt? The Apoſtles placed biſhops in euerie cytie, therfore an Archbiſhop ouerſeeroverseer off them in euery prouince. After he ſaith / yf by a piller of Antechriſte …
Thomas Cartwright · A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 1 · p. CCCCLXXVI · Open in the reader
Printed
… translation, and afterward shewe M. Heskins falsification. Cum autem &c. When he that is ouerseeroverseer hath giuen thankes, and all the people haue assented, they which are called Deacons …
With rule
… translation, and afterward shewe M. Heskins falsification. Cum autem &c. When he that is ouerseeroverseer hath giuen thankes, and all the people haue assented, they which are called Deacons …
William Fulke · Three Pillars and Arch-patriarchs of the Popish Synagogues · p. 237 · Open in the reader
Printed
… bible of the large volume. The Printed that printed it, was the former, & the ouerſeeroverseer was Miles Couerdale, who conferred Tindalles Tranſlation with the Hebrewe, and mended diuers places …
With rule
… bible of the large volume. The Printed that printed it, was the former, & the ouerſeeroverseer was Miles Couerdale, who conferred Tindalles Tranſlation with the Hebrewe, and mended diuers places …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 48 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a good man, whom the King of Babylon had left as chiefe gouernour, and ouerſeeroverseer of all the Iewes which were left in Iewry, to dreſſe the vines and …
With rule
… a good man, whom the King of Babylon had left as chiefe gouernour, and ouerſeeroverseer of all the Iewes which were left in Iewry, to dreſſe the vines and …
Henry Holland · The Christian Exercise of Fasting · p. 97 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in all thinges which we haue to doe with God, we haue ſuch an ouerſeeroverseer of the houſe of God, and ſuch an interceſſour, as in whoſe fauour the …
With rule
… in all thinges which we haue to doe with God, we haue ſuch an ouerſeeroverseer of the houſe of God, and ſuch an interceſſour, as in whoſe fauour the …
Caspar Olevian · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · p. 213 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (28)

7 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 21 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue A01309

Printed
… Englishe Bibles, which otherwise by your owne rule of translation, should be called an OuerseerOverseer or Superintendent: likewise Deacon you are content to vse as an Ecclesiasticall word so …
With rule
… Englishe Bibles, which otherwise by your owne rule of translation, should be called an OuerseerOverseer or Superintendent: likewise Deacon you are content to vse as an Ecclesiasticall word so …
William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 172 · Open in the reader

Pilgrimage A10228

Printed
… to such as haue suites to him; Treasurer of the houshold, Cup-bearer, Steward, OuerseerOverseer of his women, and principal Gardner. These six are in great place: he hath …
With rule
… to such as haue suites to him; Treasurer of the houshold, Cup-bearer, Steward, OuerseerOverseer of his women, and principal Gardner. These six are in great place: he hath …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 243 · Open in the reader

Twenty-Nine Lectures A10399

Printed
… their office. Firſt, of their name. Biſhop is as much to ſay, as an OuerſeerOverseer in the Originall; and it is attributed vnto them by a kind of excellency …
With rule
… their office. Firſt, of their name. Biſhop is as much to ſay, as an OuerſeerOverseer in the Originall; and it is attributed vnto them by a kind of excellency …
John Randall · Twenty-Nine Lectures · p. 281 · Open in the reader
Printed
… flocke ouer which the holy Ghoſt hath made you ouerſeers, &c. The very name, OuerſeerOverseer, intends ſo much, that they muſt be continually reſident ouer the flocke, wherein the …
With rule
… flocke ouer which the holy Ghoſt hath made you ouerſeers, &c. The very name, OuerſeerOverseer, intends ſo much, that they muſt be continually reſident ouer the flocke, wherein the …
John Randall · Twenty-Nine Lectures · p. 286 · Open in the reader

Defense of the Ecclesiastical Discipline A13880

Printed
… Paſtour, noted by the name of Exhorter, the Teacher, the Elder, called Gouernour or OuerſeerOverseer, and Deacon termed Diſtributor. The next place, alleadged for the proofe of theſe offices …
With rule
… Paſtour, noted by the name of Exhorter, the Teacher, the Elder, called Gouernour or OuerſeerOverseer, and Deacon termed Diſtributor. The next place, alleadged for the proofe of theſe offices …
Walter Travers · Defense of the Ecclesiastical Discipline · p. 49 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the Miniſters of the worde. As touching the firſte, of ouerſight, the worde OuerſeerOverseer, or as we call it Biſhop, is vſed diuers times in the Scriptures, but …
With rule
… of the Miniſters of the worde. As touching the firſte, of ouerſight, the worde OuerſeerOverseer, or as we call it Biſhop, is vſed diuers times in the Scriptures, but …
Walter Travers · Defense of the Ecclesiastical Discipline · p. 93 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the worde. If it be otherwiſe, let him ſhewe where a Biſhop or OuerſeerOverseer is named in reſpect of other Paſtours and Teachers. True it is that Paſtours …
With rule
… of the worde. If it be otherwiſe, let him ſhewe where a Biſhop or OuerſeerOverseer is named in reſpect of other Paſtours and Teachers. True it is that Paſtours …
Walter Travers · Defense of the Ecclesiastical Discipline · p. 93 · Open in the reader