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Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1643 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

rankerank

A final e dropped: selfe → self, beene → been, hee → he.

Puritas changed it
2,033 times in 872 works
Consistency
97.3% (2,033 of 2,088)
Reach if approved
~2,201 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: rank
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
2,095 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,033 changes in 872 works, 97.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,033)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … and our neighbour Land. With whom I could have wished that some of higher rankerank and place had entered into the lists. But being challenged by him into this …
    With rule
    … and our neighbour Land. With whom I could have wished that some of higher rankerank and place had entered into the lists. But being challenged by him into this …

    Daniel Featley · Transubstantiation Exploded · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … if hee will so interpret, so canonize him. If I should but pricke this rankerank vein, how would Rome bleed? Would not (haec prodidisse, be vicisse, as Erasmus said …
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    … if hee will so interpret, so canonize him. If I should but pricke this rankerank vein, how would Rome bleed? Would not (haec prodidisse, be vicisse, as Erasmus said …

    Thomas Adams · Englands Sickness Compared to Israels · p. 55 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … no new thing neither; it was euen so also long since) men of your rankerank especially, must make account to expose themselues vnto, if they will shew themselues religious …
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    … no new thing neither; it was euen so also long since) men of your rankerank especially, must make account to expose themselues vnto, if they will shew themselues religious …

    Thomas Gataker · Two Sermons for the Direction for Christian Carriage · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … intermiſſion, to be ſtill toyling to pul vp theſe weedes, the ground is ſo rankerank, that in a very ſhort time it will bee wholy ouergrowne. Therefore ſuch as …
    With rule
    … intermiſſion, to be ſtill toyling to pul vp theſe weedes, the ground is ſo rankerank, that in a very ſhort time it will bee wholy ouergrowne. Therefore ſuch as …

    George Gifford · Four Sermons Upon the Seven Chief Virtues · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … the first Calendar. So hath our Church so neare as shee could abridged the rankerank superfluities, and excrescent corruptions, which the Traditionall ceremonies, and ceremoniall Traditions of Rome had …
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    … the first Calendar. So hath our Church so neare as shee could abridged the rankerank superfluities, and excrescent corruptions, which the Traditionall ceremonies, and ceremoniall Traditions of Rome had …

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 109 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … be no other subjects, but onely Angels? For so, there should be, but one rankerank of subjects; which in a Kingdome, were a great imperfection. To make therefore some …
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    … be no other subjects, but onely Angels? For so, there should be, but one rankerank of subjects; which in a Kingdome, were a great imperfection. To make therefore some …

    Sir Richard Baker · Meditations and Disquisitions Upon the Lords Prayer · p. 205 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    I know that diuers aspersions are cast vpon men of this rankerank, They thinke that manie take armes, Non vt seruiant, sed vt soeuiant; not to …
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    I know that diuers aspersions are cast vpon men of this rankerank, They thinke that manie take armes, Non vt seruiant, sed vt soeuiant; not to …

    Thomas Adams · The Soldiers Honor · p. 22 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … as may ouer-grow, choak, and hinder the proſpering of grace. One maine and rankerank weed is ſpirituall pride and ſelfe-conceitedneſſe; which growes too faſt in the beſt …
    With rule
    … as may ouer-grow, choak, and hinder the proſpering of grace. One maine and rankerank weed is ſpirituall pride and ſelfe-conceitedneſſe; which growes too faſt in the beſt …

    Adam Harsnett · A Touch-Stone of Grace · p. 262 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (55)

34 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.

Nature and Use of Lots A01545

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    … Besides these, hee requireth of six elected by most voyces out of the first RankeRank, three by Lot to be set apart for Surueighors of houses, edifices, high-wayes …
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    … Besides these, hee requireth of six elected by most voyces out of the first RankeRank, three by Lot to be set apart for Surueighors of houses, edifices, high-wayes …

    Thomas Gataker · Nature and Use of Lots · p. 44 · Open in the reader

Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame A02358

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    … vtterlie vnknowne. And Tertullian's booke, De Trinitate, is made to march in the same RankeRank; Because the Sabellians are there refuted, who rose not in his tyme.
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    … vtterlie vnknowne. And Tertullian's booke, De Trinitate, is made to march in the same RankeRank; Because the Sabellians are there refuted, who rose not in his tyme.

    William Guild · Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame · p. 141 · Open in the reader

Comedy Concerning Corruption of Three Laws of Nature by Sodomites A02738

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    RankeRank loue is full of heate,
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    RankeRank loue is full of heate,

    John Bale · Comedy Concerning Corruption of Three Laws of Nature by Sodomites · Open in the reader

Comedy Concerning the Corruption of Laws of Nature Moses and Christ A02749

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    RankeRank loue is full of heate
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    RankeRank loue is full of heate

    John Bale · Comedy Concerning the Corruption of Laws of Nature Moses and Christ · Open in the reader

Exposition of Zechariah 1-9 A09272

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    … accounted as one of the People of God; and that, not of the meaneſt RankeRank, but as a Captaine, or chiefe Man in the Church [And Ekron] Synecdochically, The …
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    … accounted as one of the People of God; and that, not of the meaneſt RankeRank, but as a Captaine, or chiefe Man in the Church [And Ekron] Synecdochically, The …

    William Pemble · Exposition of Zechariah 1-9 · p. 134 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … account, [and hee ſhall bee as a Governour in Iudah] not onely of higheſt RankeRank and chiefeſt Eſteeme with God, as Princes and Captaines are in a Common-wealth …
    With rule
    … account, [and hee ſhall bee as a Governour in Iudah] not onely of higheſt RankeRank and chiefeſt Eſteeme with God, as Princes and Captaines are in a Common-wealth …

    William Pemble · Exposition of Zechariah 1-9 · p. 127 · Open in the reader

Pilgrimage A10228

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    … rankerank, Orchilia, Oruba, and the rest, and therefore will looke Northwards, to that other RankeRank wee spake of: where leauing Tobago on the right hand, wee see before vs …
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    … rankerank, Orchilia, Oruba, and the rest, and therefore will looke Northwards, to that other RankeRank wee spake of: where leauing Tobago on the right hand, wee see before vs …

    Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 739 · Open in the reader

Exposition of 2 Thessalonians A11588

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    … to bee endeauoured by all; yet ſcarcely to be hoped for by the ordinarie RankeRank of Gods children, whiles this body, which is corrupted, cloggeth the ſoule.
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    … to bee endeauoured by all; yet ſcarcely to be hoped for by the ordinarie RankeRank of Gods children, whiles this body, which is corrupted, cloggeth the ſoule.

    William Sclater · Exposition of 2 Thessalonians · p. 49 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Schooles of Prophets, though yet not exerciſing prophecie, he is preſumed to liue in RankeRank; neither without calling, nor idlie in his ſtation: but what followes not vnder one …
    With rule
    … Schooles of Prophets, though yet not exerciſing prophecie, he is preſumed to liue in RankeRank; neither without calling, nor idlie in his ſtation: but what followes not vnder one …

    William Sclater · Exposition of 2 Thessalonians · p. 266 · Open in the reader

Beams of Divine Light A12166

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    … him from you (as well as from many others of your Noble Stock and RankeRank) more then an ordinary esteeme: and this is that which maketh me in nothing …
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    … him from you (as well as from many others of your Noble Stock and RankeRank) more then an ordinary esteeme: and this is that which maketh me in nothing …

    Richard Sibbes · Beams of Divine Light · Open in the reader

Davids Learning A13538

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    … place and seruice, with such late accesse of Honours, as few of Your Noble RankeRank are afore You: So Your Lordships care be to annexe that Honor which is …
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    … place and seruice, with such late accesse of Honours, as few of Your Noble RankeRank are afore You: So Your Lordships care be to annexe that Honor which is …

    Thomas Taylor · Davids Learning · Open in the reader

The Wonders of the Lodestone A14727

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    … and leadeth his chosen to the Haven of Heaven. Among names of the second RankeRank, it was also called Magnes, because of the great force and vertue of it …
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    … and leadeth his chosen to the Haven of Heaven. Among names of the second RankeRank, it was also called Magnes, because of the great force and vertue of it …

    Samuel Ward · The Wonders of the Lodestone · p. 32 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … are those Stones which are called precious? Brasse and Tynne are of an inferiour RankeRank, as it were of the order of Knight-hood. But Lead and Iron are …
    With rule
    … are those Stones which are called precious? Brasse and Tynne are of an inferiour RankeRank, as it were of the order of Knight-hood. But Lead and Iron are …

    Samuel Ward · The Wonders of the Lodestone · p. 80 · Open in the reader

Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete A15639

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    RankeRank Misers now, doe sparing shun:
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    RankeRank Misers now, doe sparing shun:

    George Wither · Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete · Open in the reader

Discourse Concerning Usury A16337

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    … of a depraved and exorbitant judgement. Otherwise, Abimelech, Saul, and others of that desperate RankeRank, and resolution, might conclude that it were lawfull for them to kill other men …
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    … of a depraved and exorbitant judgement. Otherwise, Abimelech, Saul, and others of that desperate RankeRank, and resolution, might conclude that it were lawfull for them to kill other men …

    Robert Bolton · Discourse Concerning Usury · p. 22 · Open in the reader

A Short Explanation of Hebrews A20414

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    … for vs, agaynst all our Foes. 13. Without Christ, wee are, for guiltinesse, in the RankeRank of those, who are alreadie damned, and brethren to those, whose spirits are in …
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    … for vs, agaynst all our Foes. 13. Without Christ, wee are, for guiltinesse, in the RankeRank of those, who are alreadie damned, and brethren to those, whose spirits are in …

    David Dickson · A Short Explanation of Hebrews · p. 302 · Open in the reader

The Rise Growth and Danger of Socinianism A32802

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    … counsells and practises have been suggested by some, that are none of the meanest RankeRank. When I was commanded by speciall warrant to attend your Honour, (deputed by both …
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    … counsells and practises have been suggested by some, that are none of the meanest RankeRank. When I was commanded by speciall warrant to attend your Honour, (deputed by both …

    Francis Cheynell · The Rise Growth and Danger of Socinianism · Open in the reader

Westminster Annotations A36467

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    … order, that they might be compared to Armies set in array, 1 Sam. 4. 2. marching in RankeRank, and File, in a Militarie manner.
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    … order, that they might be compared to Armies set in array, 1 Sam. 4. 2. marching in RankeRank, and File, in a Militarie manner.

    John Downame · Westminster Annotations · Open in the reader

Sermon of Assurance A40683

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    … the distances and dignities of Angels, as if men were to marshall them in RankeRank and File, how that heavenly Hoste doe march in glory one before another. When …
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    … the distances and dignities of Angels, as if men were to marshall them in RankeRank and File, how that heavenly Hoste doe march in glory one before another. When …

    Thomas Fuller · Sermon of Assurance · p. 1 · Open in the reader

Several Sermons A45658

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    And firſt, Vſe 1 let me begin with you of the Higher RankeRank and Marke. And my ſuite to you is, That you will anſwer your places …
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    And firſt, Vſe 1 let me begin with you of the Higher RankeRank and Marke. And my ſuite to you is, That you will anſwer your places …

    Robert Harris · Several Sermons · p. 20 · Open in the reader

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    … Now Speculation was tranſlated into Experience. And now I wiſh, that all of his RankeRank (and of mine too) had heard him Decrying the Vanitie of all Creatures, and …
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    … Now Speculation was tranſlated into Experience. And now I wiſh, that all of his RankeRank (and of mine too) had heard him Decrying the Vanitie of all Creatures, and …

    Robert Harris · Several Sermons · p. 27 · Open in the reader

The Doctrine of the Saints Perseverance A53688

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    … at last to be of the thirty, if they attaine not to the first RankeRank of the Worthyes of Christ in these ends of the world. How is it …
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    … at last to be of the thirty, if they attaine not to the first RankeRank of the Worthyes of Christ in these ends of the world. How is it …

    John Owen · The Doctrine of the Saints Perseverance · p. 305 · Open in the reader

Scripture and Reason Pleased for Defensive Arms A55033

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    2. The Subject, Every ſoule, All Chriſtians of what RankeRank, Sex, Age, Condition, &c.
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    2. The Subject, Every ſoule, All Chriſtians of what RankeRank, Sex, Age, Condition, &c.

    Herbert Palmer · Scripture and Reason Pleased for Defensive Arms · p. 7 · Open in the reader

The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms A56211

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    … fighting against God, Religion, Lawes, Liberties, Parliament and their Country; than those of like RankeRank and quality on the Parliaments party are in warring for them? O let not …
    With rule
    … fighting against God, Religion, Lawes, Liberties, Parliament and their Country; than those of like RankeRank and quality on the Parliaments party are in warring for them? O let not …

    William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … was cruell and covetous towards his Nobles, kept company with men of the basest RankeRank; gave himselfe onely to the rapes of maides, matrons, and immoderate feasts, having fidlers …
    With rule
    … was cruell and covetous towards his Nobles, kept company with men of the basest RankeRank; gave himselfe onely to the rapes of maides, matrons, and immoderate feasts, having fidlers …

    William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms · p. 105 · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

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    … vpheld by the authoritie of Biſhops, & Archbiſhops, that they haue had men of that RankeRank, both famous Martyrs, and worthy Paſtors and Doctors: and laſtly, congratulates this bleſſing to …
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    … vpheld by the authoritie of Biſhops, & Archbiſhops, that they haue had men of that RankeRank, both famous Martyrs, and worthy Paſtors and Doctors: and laſtly, congratulates this bleſſing to …

    Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 579 · Open in the reader

Poems A69225

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    RankeRank ſweaty froth thy Miſtreſſe's brow defiles,
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    RankeRank ſweaty froth thy Miſtreſſe's brow defiles,

    John Donne · Poems · p. 149 · Open in the reader

Four Sermons A77486

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    … meaning of the word in the originall, which in military uſe properly ſignifies, a RankeRank in the Army, extended from the Fore-front to the rereward or hindmoſt.) So …
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    … meaning of the word in the originall, which in military uſe properly ſignifies, a RankeRank in the Army, extended from the Fore-front to the rereward or hindmoſt.) So …

    Thomas Brightman · Four Sermons · p. 17 · Open in the reader

The Healing of Israels Breaches A77502

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    I have done with the firſt RankeRank of thoſe who come within the compaſſe of this juſt reprehenſion; ſuch as are …
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    I have done with the firſt RankeRank of thoſe who come within the compaſſe of this juſt reprehenſion; ſuch as are …

    John Brinsley · The Healing of Israels Breaches · p. 42 · Open in the reader

Sermon 26 February 1644 A88993

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    … Charge to Timothy: but (ſome I beleeve) who pretended to be of Timothy his RankeRank, looked upon this truth as a thing below their places. On the other ſide …
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    … Charge to Timothy: but (ſome I beleeve) who pretended to be of Timothy his RankeRank, looked upon this truth as a thing below their places. On the other ſide …

    John Maynard · Sermon 26 February 1644 · p. 18 · Open in the reader

The Mystery of the Gospel Vindicated and Socinianism Examined A90295

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    Of the second RankeRank, Cerinthus is the head, with () judaizing Ebion; both denying expresly the Diety of Christ …
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    Of the second RankeRank, Cerinthus is the head, with () judaizing Ebion; both denying expresly the Diety of Christ …

    John Owen · The Mystery of the Gospel Vindicated and Socinianism Examined · p. 4 · Open in the reader

The Sovereign Power of Parliaments Part 4 A91185

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    … was cruell and covetous towards his Nobles, kept company with men of the baſeſt RankeRank; gave himſelfe onely to the rapes of maides, matrons, and immoderate feaſts, having fidlers …
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    … was cruell and covetous towards his Nobles, kept company with men of the baſeſt RankeRank; gave himſelfe onely to the rapes of maides, matrons, and immoderate feaſts, having fidlers …

    William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments Part 4 · p. 105 · Open in the reader

The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms Part 3 A91298

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    … fighting againſt God, Religion, Lawes, Liberties, Parliament and their Country; than thoſe of like RankeRank and quality on the Parliaments party are in warring for them? O let not …
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    … fighting againſt God, Religion, Lawes, Liberties, Parliament and their Country; than thoſe of like RankeRank and quality on the Parliaments party are in warring for them? O let not …

    William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms Part 3 · Open in the reader

Issachars Ass Braying Under a Double Burden B00103

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    … worthie and ever-honoured Parishoner; as one who is freest of anie of your RankeRank or Rent in the whole Kingdome from anie sacrilegious guiltinesse: and who ever hath …
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    … worthie and ever-honoured Parishoner; as one who is freest of anie of your RankeRank or Rent in the whole Kingdome from anie sacrilegious guiltinesse: and who ever hath …

    William Guild · Issachars Ass Braying Under a Double Burden · p. 5 · Open in the reader