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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4324 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

worshypworship

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

Puritas changed it
386 times in 90 works
Consistency
98.7% (386 of 391)
Reach if approved
~411 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: worship
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
391 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (386 changes in 90 works, 98.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 386)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … with lyke ſuperſtityon / haue begon to ſet vp wel-nere in euery corner / & to worſhypworship them. And (which is as gret a folyſſhnes as may be) whan there ar …
    With rule
    … with lyke ſuperſtityon / haue begon to ſet vp wel-nere in euery corner / & to worſhypworship them. And (which is as gret a folyſſhnes as may be) whan there ar …

    Martin Bucer · Images Not to be Suffered in Churches · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … nowe baptized, testifyeth hymselfe to be of the churche of god, whiche must nowe worshypworship his lorde god in thyntegrite of fayth, & in pure lyuyng. And for this cause …
    With rule
    … nowe baptized, testifyeth hymselfe to be of the churche of god, whiche must nowe worshypworship his lorde god in thyntegrite of fayth, & in pure lyuyng. And for this cause …

    Ulrich Zwingli · The Reckoning and Declaration of Faith and Belief · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … vnto kynges to be kyſſed, and ſuche kynges as kycke agaynſte hym, & wyll not worſhypworship- this beaſte, he ſtryketh them wyth ye thonder bolte of hys excommunicacion, putteth them …
    With rule
    … vnto kynges to be kyſſed, and ſuche kynges as kycke agaynſte hym, & wyll not worſhypworship- this beaſte, he ſtryketh them wyth ye thonder bolte of hys excommunicacion, putteth them …

    Henrich Bullinger · Commentary on 2 Thessalonians · p. 34 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … wyth lyes, perfume them wyth sensynges, and cause a greate nōbre of people to worshypworship thē vpō ye earth. Soche mōstruouse doers are they.
    With rule
    … wyth lyes, perfume them wyth sensynges, and cause a greate nōbre of people to worshypworship thē vpō ye earth. Soche mōstruouse doers are they.

    John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … it were his burning furnace, to destroye those that wyll not fal downe to worshypworship his golden image: and yet howe that this littell Ilande walketh as it were …
    With rule
    … it were his burning furnace, to destroye those that wyll not fal downe to worshypworship his golden image: and yet howe that this littell Ilande walketh as it were …

    John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · p. 196 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … the worlde, promysyng to geue it a rewarde presently vnto all the that wyl worshypworship hym fallyng downe at hys feete, in flattery, crafte, and iniquitye.
    With rule
    … the worlde, promysyng to geue it a rewarde presently vnto all the that wyl worshypworship hym fallyng downe at hys feete, in flattery, crafte, and iniquitye.

    Thomas Lever · Sermon Preached at Pauls Cross · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    What is a strange God, or an other God? What soeuer thing we worshypworship besides the very lyuing God. And that also that doth alienate and turneth our …
    With rule
    What is a strange God, or an other God? What soeuer thing we worshypworship besides the very lyuing God. And that also that doth alienate and turneth our …

    Thomas Becon · The Demands of Holy Scripture · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … vtterly neglecte & caste awaye, as I may so speke, his owne glory, honour and worshypworship, to seke our health, conforte & saluacion? This redy assistence & helpe oughte also to be …
    With rule
    … vtterly neglecte & caste awaye, as I may so speke, his owne glory, honour and worshypworship, to seke our health, conforte & saluacion? This redy assistence & helpe oughte also to be …

    Thomas Becon · A Pleasant New Nosegay · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Comedy Concerning Corruption of Three Laws of Nature by Sodomites A02738

  • Printed
    WorshypWorship hym in spret. as the Gospel yow doth moue
    With rule
    WorshypWorship hym in spret. as the Gospel yow doth moue

    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

  • Printed
    WorshypWorship hym in spryte, as the Gospell you doth moue
    With rule
    WorshypWorship hym in spryte, as the Gospell you doth moue

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

Whole Works A68831

  • Printed
    WorſhypWorship of Saintes, and heathen Gods a lyke. 424. a
    With rule
    WorſhypWorship of Saintes, and heathen Gods a lyke. 424. a

    William Tyndale · Whole Works · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    WorſhypWorship of God truly. 396. a
    With rule
    WorſhypWorship of God truly. 396. a

    William Tyndale · Whole Works · Open in the reader