Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4760 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

contumaciecontumacy

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

Puritas changed it: 199 times in 110 works
Consistency: 93.4% (199 of 213)
Reach if approved: ~224 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: contumacy
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 213 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (199 changes in 110 works, 93.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 199)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
30 For God hath shut vp all in vnbeleefe. (contumaciecontumacy, or disobedience, S.B. foreign. signifieth both, the first rather here, for the Apostle still …
With rule
30 For God hath shut vp all in vnbeleefe. (contumaciecontumacy, or disobedience, S.B. foreign. signifieth both, the first rather here, for the Apostle still …
Andrew Willet · Commentary on Romans · p. 487 · Open in the reader
Printed
… contumacia ſubvertit, ſaith he, There is not anie other thing that overthroweth feare; then contumaciecontumacy or ſtubbornes.
With rule
… contumacia ſubvertit, ſaith he, There is not anie other thing that overthroweth feare; then contumaciecontumacy or ſtubbornes.
Francis Bunny · An Answer to a Popish Libel · p. 72 · Open in the reader
Printed
… interpreted (as ye know) tranſgreſſion, preuarication, a voluntary tranſcenſion againſt the conſcience: a contempt, contumaciecontumacy or raſhnes: and namely, the treſpaſſe of a ſubiect againſt his Prince, of a …
With rule
… interpreted (as ye know) tranſgreſſion, preuarication, a voluntary tranſcenſion againſt the conſcience: a contempt, contumaciecontumacy or raſhnes: and namely, the treſpaſſe of a ſubiect againſt his Prince, of a …
John Carpenter · King Solomons Solace · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſo to iuſtifie him by his bodie, till he ſatiſfie holy Church for his contumaciecontumacy and contempt, and this writ alſo is a Iuſticies.
With rule
… ſo to iuſtifie him by his bodie, till he ſatiſfie holy Church for his contumaciecontumacy and contempt, and this writ alſo is a Iuſticies.
Henry Finch · Law · p. 495 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to her husband, doth make euen the Angels of heauen witnesses of her dissolute contumaciecontumacy. The Angels are present with thee when all men on the earth are absent …
With rule
… to her husband, doth make euen the Angels of heauen witnesses of her dissolute contumaciecontumacy. The Angels are present with thee when all men on the earth are absent …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 51 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to vs; in our mindes full of ignorance and error, in our wils of contumaciecontumacy and rebellion, in our affections of diſorder, being alwaies prone to euill, & neuer to …
With rule
… to vs; in our mindes full of ignorance and error, in our wils of contumaciecontumacy and rebellion, in our affections of diſorder, being alwaies prone to euill, & neuer to …
Thomas Newhouse · Certain Sermons · p. 107 · Open in the reader
Printed
… deserved &c. neyther were ye by excommunication put from vs, til ye had by contumaciecontumacy severed your selves from the Church, and shewed your selves desperate and incorrigible. And …
With rule
… deserved &c. neyther were ye by excommunication put from vs, til ye had by contumaciecontumacy severed your selves from the Church, and shewed your selves desperate and incorrigible. And …
Henry Ainsworth · Animadversion to Cliftons Advertisement · p. 74 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of Basile on the other part, proceeded to the deposition of Eugenius 4. For his contumaciecontumacy, and placed Amecdeus Duke of Sauoy in his roome, whom they called Foelix 5. Thus …
With rule
… of Basile on the other part, proceeded to the deposition of Eugenius 4. For his contumaciecontumacy, and placed Amecdeus Duke of Sauoy in his roome, whom they called Foelix 5. Thus …
Patrick Simson · The History of the Church Since the Days of Christ · p. 469 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (14)

6 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 8 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Exposition of 2 Thessalonians A11588

Printed
ContumacieContumacy in ſmalleſt ſinnes is more then a little hainous, makes lyable to ſeuereſt Cenſure …
With rule
ContumacieContumacy in ſmalleſt ſinnes is more then a little hainous, makes lyable to ſeuereſt Cenſure …
William Sclater · Exposition of 2 Thessalonians · p. 279 · Open in the reader

Westminster Annotations A36467

Printed
V. 20. stubborne] ContumacieContumacy, or stubbornesse in a dissolute person shewes he is incorrigible, therfore he deserveth to …
With rule
V. 20. stubborne] ContumacieContumacy, or stubbornesse in a dissolute person shewes he is incorrigible, therfore he deserveth to …
John Downame · Westminster Annotations · Open in the reader

The Anatomy of Infidelity A41604

Printed
… and lift him on his Throne; but he with tears laments their final Ʋnbelief, ContumacieContumacy, and Ruine not far off. This ſeems to be the natural connexion of the …
With rule
… and lift him on his Throne; but he with tears laments their final Ʋnbelief, ContumacieContumacy, and Ruine not far off. This ſeems to be the natural connexion of the …
Theophilus Gale · The Anatomy of Infidelity · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… approching miſerie. And 2. a great degree of Indignation▪ by reaſon of her prodigious Ingratitude, ContumacieContumacy, and Unbelief; which were the cauſe of al her miſerie. Thus a learned Author …
With rule
… approching miſerie. And 2. a great degree of Indignation▪ by reaſon of her prodigious Ingratitude, ContumacieContumacy, and Unbelief; which were the cauſe of al her miſerie. Thus a learned Author …
Theophilus Gale · The Anatomy of Infidelity · p. 78 · Open in the reader

Christs Tears for Jerusalems Unbelief A41628

Printed
… and lift him on his Throne; but he with tears laments their final Ʋnbelief, ContumacieContumacy, and Ruine not far off. This ſeems to be the natural connexion of the …
With rule
… and lift him on his Throne; but he with tears laments their final Ʋnbelief, ContumacieContumacy, and Ruine not far off. This ſeems to be the natural connexion of the …
Theophilus Gale · Christs Tears for Jerusalems Unbelief · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… approching miſerie. And 2. a great degree of Indignation, by reaſon of her prodigious Ingratitude, ContumacieContumacy, and Unbelief; which were the cauſe of al her miſerie. Thus a learned Author …
With rule
… approching miſerie. And 2. a great degree of Indignation, by reaſon of her prodigious Ingratitude, ContumacieContumacy, and Unbelief; which were the cauſe of al her miſerie. Thus a learned Author …
Theophilus Gale · Christs Tears for Jerusalems Unbelief · p. 78 · Open in the reader