Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4371 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

decenciedecency

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

Puritas changed it: 477 times in 201 works
Consistency: 100% (477 of 477)
Reach if approved: ~501 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: decency
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 477 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (477 changes in 201 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 477)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Alſo they ſay: That order & decenciedecency in the Church is neceſſary Obiection. 9 by the commandement of God, according as it …
With rule
Alſo they ſay: That order & decenciedecency in the Church is neceſſary Obiection. 9 by the commandement of God, according as it …
Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion 2 · p. 41 · Open in the reader
Printed
… daye, the night. For all theſe haue not one and the ſame Rule of decenciedecency: Therefore the Apoſtle ſaith: Which ruleth his houſe, which keepeth his children in ſubiection …
With rule
… daye, the night. For all theſe haue not one and the ſame Rule of decenciedecency: Therefore the Apoſtle ſaith: Which ruleth his houſe, which keepeth his children in ſubiection …
Dudley Fenner · The Arts of Logic and Rhetoric · Open in the reader
Printed
… meanes therefore of recreation that are not against the generall Rules of comelinesse and decenciedecency, of conueniencie and expediencie, of religion and pietie, and the like, are by the …
With rule
… meanes therefore of recreation that are not against the generall Rules of comelinesse and decenciedecency, of conueniencie and expediencie, of religion and pietie, and the like, are by the …
Thomas Gataker · Nature and Use of Lots · p. 138 · Open in the reader
Printed
… neceſſitie be put therein; nor vſed for any part of Gods worſhip, but for decenciedecency, order and edification.
With rule
… neceſſitie be put therein; nor vſed for any part of Gods worſhip, but for decenciedecency, order and edification.
Richard Bernard · Christian Advertisements and Counsels of Peace · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that is, both of our superfluitie, as also of our riches that serue for decenciedecency: Luk. 3. 11. He which hath two coates, let him part with him that hath none …
With rule
… that is, both of our superfluitie, as also of our riches that serue for decenciedecency: Luk. 3. 11. He which hath two coates, let him part with him that hath none …
William Perkins · Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount · p. 189 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vnwilling, if yet they will bee reasonable) that euery particular Church hath power, for decenciedecency and orders sake, to ordaine and constitute Ceremonies. Which being once ordained, and by …
With rule
… vnwilling, if yet they will bee reasonable) that euery particular Church hath power, for decenciedecency and orders sake, to ordaine and constitute Ceremonies. Which being once ordained, and by …
Robert Sanderson · Ten Sermons · p. 26 · Open in the reader
Printed
… morning in stead of the euening: for indifferent things are ruled by order and decenciedecency.
With rule
… morning in stead of the euening: for indifferent things are ruled by order and decenciedecency.
Henry Smith · A Preparative to Marriage · Open in the reader
Printed
… shunneth pride, lightnesse, confusion of sexes and degrees, and idlenesse, and reduceth to comlines, decenciedecency, inward decking rather then outward: yea to such attire as not onely becommeth holinesse …
With rule
… shunneth pride, lightnesse, confusion of sexes and degrees, and idlenesse, and reduceth to comlines, decenciedecency, inward decking rather then outward: yea to such attire as not onely becommeth holinesse …
Thomas Taylor · Commentary on Titus · p. 469 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.