Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #14219 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

cheefechief

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

Puritas changed it: 798 times in 171 works
Consistency: 98.4% (798 of 811)
Reach if approved: ~852 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: chief
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 811 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (798 changes in 171 works, 98.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 798)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Heere yee may note first his malice, for hee dailye accuseth vs before the cheefechief Iudge of the Kings benche: when he cannot preuaile in this court, but seeth …
With rule
… Heere yee may note first his malice, for hee dailye accuseth vs before the cheefechief Iudge of the Kings benche: when he cannot preuaile in this court, but seeth …
Henry Smith · The Sinful Mans Search · Open in the reader
Printed
… the conſiſtory or the Aſſembly off Elders which conſiſtethe of the three firſt and cheefechief Officers off the church / Paſtors, Doctors, & Elders, haue the chiefe care and charge off …
With rule
… the conſiſtory or the Aſſembly off Elders which conſiſtethe of the three firſt and cheefechief Officers off the church / Paſtors, Doctors, & Elders, haue the chiefe care and charge off …
Walter Travers · Declaration of Ecclesiastical Discipline out of the Word of God · p. 191 · Open in the reader
Printed
… I slander him, for he reasoneth not ad idem, but the crosse is the cheefechief and principal instrumente of our redemption, yet not holier then the speare, the reede …
With rule
… I slander him, for he reasoneth not ad idem, but the crosse is the cheefechief and principal instrumente of our redemption, yet not holier then the speare, the reede …
William Fulke · Two Popish Heretics Confuted · p. 196 · Open in the reader
Printed
… were ſuddenly changed, to ſee the pale face of death in one of the cheefechief actors in this holy proceſſion: Hee that had found God ſo fauourable to him …
With rule
… were ſuddenly changed, to ſee the pale face of death in one of the cheefechief actors in this holy proceſſion: Hee that had found God ſo fauourable to him …
Joseph Hall · History of the Old Testament Volume 5 · p. 173 · Open in the reader
Printed
… learned to turne Dauids quorum into his owne ego, and say, whereof I am cheefechief, and so cut himselfe a garment therof to couer his owne wretchednes: For he …
With rule
… learned to turne Dauids quorum into his owne ego, and say, whereof I am cheefechief, and so cut himselfe a garment therof to couer his owne wretchednes: For he …
William Loe · Come and See the Bliss of Brightest Beauty · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… annihilate, whatſoeuer is concluded without his conſent and authoritie, entituling himſelfe Biſhop of Biſhops, cheefechief Paſtour & head of the vniuerſall Church of Chriſt. He is ſo far from being …
With rule
… annihilate, whatſoeuer is concluded without his conſent and authoritie, entituling himſelfe Biſhop of Biſhops, cheefechief Paſtour & head of the vniuerſall Church of Chriſt. He is ſo far from being …
Josias Nichols · Abrahams Faith · p. 181 · Open in the reader
Printed
… pampered becomes an instrument of licentiousnes. The third, and (as I take it) the cheefechief ende of a religious fast is, to professe our guiltinesse, and to testifie our …
With rule
… pampered becomes an instrument of licentiousnes. The third, and (as I take it) the cheefechief ende of a religious fast is, to professe our guiltinesse, and to testifie our …
William Perkins · A Reformed Catholic · p. 222 · Open in the reader
Printed
… may altogither agree with the 1 reſt of the places of holie ſcripture, and the cheefechief 2 groūds or heads of chriſtian religion: for whatſoeuer doth diſſent, though it be neuer …
With rule
… may altogither agree with the 1 reſt of the places of holie ſcripture, and the cheefechief 2 groūds or heads of chriſtian religion: for whatſoeuer doth diſſent, though it be neuer …
Theodore Beza · Two Sermons and The Lords Supper · p. 99 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (13)

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

Antichrist the Pope of Rome A06098

Printed
… the two laſt letters. Some againe from the French or Engliſh word Chef or CheefeChief, and others from the Latine word Caput, which comes from Capio, whoſe preterperfect tence …
With rule
… the two laſt letters. Some againe from the French or Engliſh word Chef or CheefeChief, and others from the Latine word Caput, which comes from Capio, whoſe preterperfect tence …
Thomas Beard · Antichrist the Pope of Rome · p. 396 · Open in the reader

Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny A07225

Printed
… MAIESTIES most Honourable Priuie Councell. And to the Right Honourable SIR EDVVARD COKE, Lord CheefeChief Iustice of England, and one of his Maiesties most Honorable Priuie Councell: THOMAS MASON …
With rule
… MAIESTIES most Honourable Priuie Councell. And to the Right Honourable SIR EDVVARD COKE, Lord CheefeChief Iustice of England, and one of his Maiesties most Honorable Priuie Councell: THOMAS MASON …
John Foxe · Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny · Open in the reader
Printed
… withstood the pride of Iohn, Patriarke of Constantinople, which would be the Uniuersall and CheefeChief Bishop of all others, calling him the fore-runner of Antichrist, he brought in …
With rule
… withstood the pride of Iohn, Patriarke of Constantinople, which would be the Uniuersall and CheefeChief Bishop of all others, calling him the fore-runner of Antichrist, he brought in …
John Foxe · Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny · p. 24 · Open in the reader

A Christian Dictionary A15520

Printed
2 CheefeChief Christian Rulers, and godly Princes of the Gentiles, who shal bring their whole power …
With rule
2 CheefeChief Christian Rulers, and godly Princes of the Gentiles, who shal bring their whole power …
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 81 · Open in the reader

The Scholars Purgatory Discovered A15655

Printed
I cann make it appeare alsoe, that they are the CheefeChief hinderers of the aduancement of our language, the principall peruerters of good manners; and …
With rule
I cann make it appeare alsoe, that they are the CheefeChief hinderers of the aduancement of our language, the principall peruerters of good manners; and …
George Wither · The Scholars Purgatory Discovered · p. 130 · Open in the reader

The Scepter of Judah A17243

Printed
Magiſtrates: ſee ſuperiors, c. CheefeChief Magiſtrate: ſee controverſie, k.
With rule
Magiſtrates: ſee ſuperiors, c. CheefeChief Magiſtrate: ſee controverſie, k.
Edmund Bunny · The Scepter of Judah · Open in the reader