Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #25281 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

sodomiesodomy

ie for a final y, y for i: mercie → mercy, tyme → time.

Puritas changed it: 166 times in 84 works
Consistency: 92.7% (166 of 179)
Reach if approved: ~188 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: sodomy
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 179 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (166 changes in 84 works, 92.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 166)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Henry the fourth might be deſtroyed, throwes him into the fire. 5 Luxurious, to Inceſt, SodomieSodomy, beſtalitie, Iohn the twelfth: but why rake I in this dunghill? when Bellarmine confeſſeth …
With rule
… Henry the fourth might be deſtroyed, throwes him into the fire. 5 Luxurious, to Inceſt, SodomieSodomy, beſtalitie, Iohn the twelfth: but why rake I in this dunghill? when Bellarmine confeſſeth …
William Sclater · Exposition of 2 Thessalonians · p. 114 · Open in the reader
Printed
… many moe, then are here expressed: as Theft, Sacriledge, Murther, Prophanation of the Sabboth. SodomieSodomy, disturbance of divine service, Polygamie, Diffamation, &c. as by opening of the 10. commandements may …
With rule
… many moe, then are here expressed: as Theft, Sacriledge, Murther, Prophanation of the Sabboth. SodomieSodomy, disturbance of divine service, Polygamie, Diffamation, &c. as by opening of the 10. commandements may …
David Calderwood · The Altar of Damascus · p. 114 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Gods or Mans Lawes, becauſe there are others that liue in Inceſt and filthy SodomieSodomy; or the Man-ſlayer, ſhould flatter himſelfe with a ſecure hope of eſcaping at …
With rule
… Gods or Mans Lawes, becauſe there are others that liue in Inceſt and filthy SodomieSodomy; or the Man-ſlayer, ſhould flatter himſelfe with a ſecure hope of eſcaping at …
John Downame · A Guide to Godliness · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
Sect. 19. Unnatural filthineſſe to be puniſhed with death; whether SodomieSodomy (which is carnall fellowſhip of man with man, or woman with woman): or buggery …
With rule
Sect. 19. Unnatural filthineſſe to be puniſhed with death; whether SodomieSodomy (which is carnall fellowſhip of man with man, or woman with woman): or buggery …
John Cotton · An Abstract of Laws and Government · p. 25 · Open in the reader
Printed
By abhomination we may underſtand that ſinne which is denominated from that place, viz. SodomieSodomy, unnaturall luſts, filthy uncleanneſſe; for they being proud and haughty, exceſſive in eating and …
With rule
By abhomination we may underſtand that ſinne which is denominated from that place, viz. SodomieSodomy, unnaturall luſts, filthy uncleanneſſe; for they being proud and haughty, exceſſive in eating and …
William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 14-19 · p. 306 · Open in the reader
Printed
… rebuke such practises, as Paricides, Murthers, Incests, Adulteries, Thefts, Opressions, Lying, Blasphemy, Idolatry, Sorcerie, SodomieSodomy; neither the Preachers of the Gospel can reforme these with the Word, nor the …
With rule
… rebuke such practises, as Paricides, Murthers, Incests, Adulteries, Thefts, Opressions, Lying, Blasphemy, Idolatry, Sorcerie, SodomieSodomy; neither the Preachers of the Gospel can reforme these with the Word, nor the …
Samuel Rutherford · Survey of the Spiritual Antichrist · p. 196 · Open in the reader
Printed
And most abhominabyll SodomieSodomy
With rule
And most abhominabyll SodomieSodomy
David Lindsay · A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier · Open in the reader
Printed
II. The Monkes and Friers were depriued of al, againſt their will, for SodomieSodomy, Hereſie and Idolatry, which they had embraced in time of their ignorance.
With rule
II. The Monkes and Friers were depriued of al, againſt their will, for SodomieSodomy, Hereſie and Idolatry, which they had embraced in time of their ignorance.
Gabriel Powel · The Deprived and Silenced Ministers Arguments · p. 50 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (13)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 9 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion A17183

Printed
… betwixt man & man. Let him puniſh diſhoneſtie, ribauldrie, filthie luſt, whordome, fornication, adulterie, inceſte, ſodomiesodomy, riottouſnes, dronkenneſſe, gluttonie, couetouſneſſe, cooſening, cutting vſurie, treaſon, murder, ſlaughter of parents, ſedition, and …
With rule
… betwixt man & man. Let him puniſh diſhoneſtie, ribauldrie, filthie luſt, whordome, fornication, adulterie, inceſte, ſodomiesodomy, riottouſnes, dronkenneſſe, gluttonie, couetouſneſſe, cooſening, cutting vſurie, treaſon, murder, ſlaughter of parents, ſedition, and …
Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · p. 199 · Open in the reader

The Accomplishment of the Prophecies A20930

Printed
… perhaps, that these cases are either murder, or parricide, or incest, or atheisme, or sodomiesodomy; no such matter. But these great sinnes from which none can absolue a mā …
With rule
… perhaps, that these cases are either murder, or parricide, or incest, or atheisme, or sodomiesodomy; no such matter. But these great sinnes from which none can absolue a mā …
Pierre du Moulin Sr · The Accomplishment of the Prophecies · p. 102 · Open in the reader

The Covenant of Life Opened A57966

Printed
… leads them: And if the Spirit breath not upon them to forbear adultery, paricide sodomiesodomy, or to beleeve, pray, praise, hear, mourn for sin, as Peter, and David, they …
With rule
… leads them: And if the Spirit breath not upon them to forbear adultery, paricide sodomiesodomy, or to beleeve, pray, praise, hear, mourn for sin, as Peter, and David, they …
Samuel Rutherford · The Covenant of Life Opened · p. 345 · Open in the reader

The Divine Right of Church Government and Excommunication A92138

Printed
… even thoſe that are moſt proper to the civill judge, ſuch as ſorcery, parricide, ſodomiesodomy, for the which the Magiſtrate is to draw the ſword, and for which the …
With rule
… even thoſe that are moſt proper to the civill judge, ſuch as ſorcery, parricide, ſodomiesodomy, for the which the Magiſtrate is to draw the ſword, and for which the …
Samuel Rutherford · The Divine Right of Church Government and Excommunication · p. 562 · Open in the reader