Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4326 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ceremonieceremony

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

Puritas changed it: 2,121 times in 498 works
Consistency: 99.9% (2,121 of 2,123)
Reach if approved: ~2,231 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: ceremony
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,123 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,121 changes in 498 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,121)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… of the Lambe: elſe the very heathen ſhall condemne vs. The Romanes by that ceremonieceremony they vſed in their triumphs, teach vs that the ſucceſſe of things, and honour …
With rule
… of the Lambe: elſe the very heathen ſhall condemne vs. The Romanes by that ceremonieceremony they vſed in their triumphs, teach vs that the ſucceſſe of things, and honour …
Robert Jenison · The Height of Israels Heathenish Idolatry · p. 75 · Open in the reader
Printed
2 The Lord will not haue us ſerue him outwardly like Idolaters in the leaſt CeremonieCeremony: For names are leſſe then Ceremonies. Therfore what the Lord abhors no man muſt …
With rule
2 The Lord will not haue us ſerue him outwardly like Idolaters in the leaſt CeremonieCeremony: For names are leſſe then Ceremonies. Therfore what the Lord abhors no man muſt …
Randal Bate · Certain Observations · p. 228 · Open in the reader
Printed
… long agoe, and therefore if it were now vſed, it would bee a naked ceremonieceremony, without benefit to the diſeaſed.
With rule
… long agoe, and therefore if it were now vſed, it would bee a naked ceremonieceremony, without benefit to the diſeaſed.
John Mayer · Antidote Against Popery · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſo we may haue the vſe of it in our conſcience, and of the ceremonieceremony ceaſed I will ſpeake in the ende. Firſt becauſe of the couenaunt of the …
With rule
… ſo we may haue the vſe of it in our conſcience, and of the ceremonieceremony ceaſed I will ſpeake in the ende. Firſt becauſe of the couenaunt of the …
Dudley Fenner · Brief Treatise Upon the First Table of the Law · Open in the reader
Printed
… continueth not in the Churche, it were a verie ridiculous thyng, to vse that CeremonieCeremony. And as for your extreme vnction, by no meanes can be accompted that vsage …
With rule
… continueth not in the Churche, it were a verie ridiculous thyng, to vse that CeremonieCeremony. And as for your extreme vnction, by no meanes can be accompted that vsage …
William Fulke · A Confutation of a Popish and Slanderous Libel · Open in the reader
Printed
… among you, that maketh his son or daughter passe through the fire: a foolish ceremonieceremony, as many take it, vsed of Heathen to purifie their children and preserue them …
With rule
… among you, that maketh his son or daughter passe through the fire: a foolish ceremonieceremony, as many take it, vsed of Heathen to purifie their children and preserue them …
Thomas Gataker · Nature and Use of Lots · p. 301 · Open in the reader
Printed
Reaſon, of this ceremonieceremony was becauſe of their haſt, implied verſe 34. & 39. and it was a cuſtome, in haſte …
With rule
Reaſon, of this ceremonieceremony was becauſe of their haſt, implied verſe 34. & 39. and it was a cuſtome, in haſte …
William Gouge · Exposition on John 5 · p. 177 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and it is maruellous in our eyes. So likewiſe the Prophet vſed ſo little ceremonieceremony about Naaman, that he might ſée the finger of God in his recouerie. The …
With rule
… and it is maruellous in our eyes. So likewiſe the Prophet vſed ſo little ceremonieceremony about Naaman, that he might ſée the finger of God in his recouerie. The …
Samuel Hieron · The Preachers Plea · p. 79 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

1 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.

Twelve General Arguments A16624

Printed
… ſhalbe proved if it be denied, 2. It is an Embleme of their own, NO CEREMONIECEREMONY, NO BISHOP. Ergo, No humane Tradition and Invention, no Biſhop, Ergo, The office of …
With rule
… ſhalbe proved if it be denied, 2. It is an Embleme of their own, NO CEREMONIECEREMONY, NO BISHOP. Ergo, No humane Tradition and Invention, no Biſhop, Ergo, The office of …
William Bradshaw · Twelve General Arguments · Open in the reader