Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2884 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

publicanepublican

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

Puritas changed it: 384 times in 208 works
Consistency: 99.7% (384 of 385)
Reach if approved: ~405 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: publican
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 385 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (384 changes in 208 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 384)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Matthew, otherwiſe called Leui, firſt a publicanepublican, then an Apoſtle, after that he had conuerted to the faith Ethiopia, and all …
With rule
Matthew, otherwiſe called Leui, firſt a publicanepublican, then an Apoſtle, after that he had conuerted to the faith Ethiopia, and all …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to prouoke and allure all men, euen the pooreſt, the meaneſt, the ignoranteſt, the PublicanePublican, the ſinner, the weake-harted, the troubled conſcience to follow him, embrace him, loue …
With rule
… to prouoke and allure all men, euen the pooreſt, the meaneſt, the ignoranteſt, the PublicanePublican, the ſinner, the weake-harted, the troubled conſcience to follow him, embrace him, loue …
Thomas Granger · Pauls Crown of Rejoicing · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
… heare not the Church, let him be vnto thee as an Heathen and a PublicanePublican. Now if the Church was to Excommunicate, ſurelie the Church alſo was to elect …
With rule
… heare not the Church, let him be vnto thee as an Heathen and a PublicanePublican. Now if the Church was to Excommunicate, ſurelie the Church alſo was to elect …
Henry Jacob · Necessity of Reforming Our Churches · p. 45 · Open in the reader
Printed
… owne vertues and good workes, but with all he must needs condemne the poore PublicanePublican.
With rule
… owne vertues and good workes, but with all he must needs condemne the poore PublicanePublican.
Martin Luther · Commentary on the Psalms of Ascent · p. 243 · Open in the reader
Printed
… shuld be excommunicate and be taken of the Christen congregation as an Ethnike and PublicanePublican. Libro. Concil. Barthol. Carrantz.
With rule
… shuld be excommunicate and be taken of the Christen congregation as an Ethnike and PublicanePublican. Libro. Concil. Barthol. Carrantz.
Thomas Becon · The Relics of Rome · Open in the reader
Printed
… good, & so good, and not so ill, and so ill, nor yet like the PublicanePublican. The world is full of Pharisies, not onely the Popish Churche, but euen our …
With rule
… good, & so good, and not so ill, and so ill, nor yet like the PublicanePublican. The world is full of Pharisies, not onely the Popish Churche, but euen our …
William Perkins · Exposition of Zephaniah 2 · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
… worſe than others, the ſcribe than the ignorant, the phariſee farre worſe than the publicanepublican. For theſe moſt reſiſted the preaching of the Goſpel. And this was the iuſt …
With rule
… worſe than others, the ſcribe than the ignorant, the phariſee farre worſe than the publicanepublican. For theſe moſt reſiſted the preaching of the Goſpel. And this was the iuſt …
John Prime · Of Nature and Grace · p. 56 · Open in the reader
Printed
YOV heard the last Sabaoth, how Zaccheus the PublicanePublican was called to be a Christian: Now you shall heare the frute of his …
With rule
YOV heard the last Sabaoth, how Zaccheus the PublicanePublican was called to be a Christian: Now you shall heare the frute of his …
Henry Smith · The Sinners Confession · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 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 Bibles Abstract and Epitome A27502

Printed
… was by Gods mercie called by Christ to be an Apostle, and Zacheus another PUblicanePublican had by Christ Salvation brought unto him.
With rule
… was by Gods mercie called by Christ to be an Apostle, and Zacheus another PUblicanePublican had by Christ Salvation brought unto him.
Richard Bernard · The Bibles Abstract and Epitome · p. 70 · Open in the reader