Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7664 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ydolatryeidolatry

Two or more mechanical changes in one word: sinne → sin, vnderstande → understand.

Puritas changed it: 96 times in 35 works
Consistency: 89.7% (96 of 107)
Reach if approved: ~112 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: idolatry
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 107 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (96 changes in 35 works, 89.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 96)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… ymagenyng. But afterward they fell the longer the more and farther in to groſſe ydolatryeidolatry, ſo longe, tyll the Lorde ſuffered them to be roted out and cary…d …
With rule
… ymagenyng. But afterward they fell the longer the more and farther in to groſſe ydolatryeidolatry, ſo longe, tyll the Lorde ſuffered them to be roted out and cary…d …
Henrich Bullinger · The Old Faith an Evident Probation out of the Holy Scripture · Open in the reader
Printed
… come euen to this poynte that they haue in this caſe committed as great ydolatryeidolatry as euer did the heathen. For they haue bowed them ſelues and kneled before …
With rule
… come euen to this poynte that they haue in this caſe committed as great ydolatryeidolatry as euer did the heathen. For they haue bowed them ſelues and kneled before …
John Calvin · Of Relics · Open in the reader
Printed
… he) the Deuill lyeth not when he accuſeth, as that I had committed horrible ydolatryeidolatry in ſaying priuate Maſſes: but the lye is when he did afterward tempt him …
With rule
… he) the Deuill lyeth not when he accuſeth, as that I had committed horrible ydolatryeidolatry in ſaying priuate Maſſes: but the lye is when he did afterward tempt him …
Robert Crowley · The Subtle Sophistry of Watsons Sermons before Queen Mary · p. 183 · Open in the reader
Printed
Is not thy name ydolatryeidolatry?
With rule
Is not thy name ydolatryeidolatry?
John Bale · Comedy Concerning Corruption of Three Laws of Nature by Sodomites · Open in the reader
Printed
For the wycked synne, of fylthye ydolatryeidolatry,
With rule
For the wycked synne, of fylthye ydolatryeidolatry,
John Bale · A Tragedy Manifesting the Chief Promises of God Unto Man · Open in the reader
Printed
… the one maketh vs the true lyuynge ſones of god / thother maketh the worſte ydolatryeidolatry and moſte hurtefull hypocrytes of the worlde / bryngynge many men in to y^e wayes …
With rule
… the one maketh vs the true lyuynge ſones of god / thother maketh the worſte ydolatryeidolatry and moſte hurtefull hypocrytes of the worlde / bryngynge many men in to y^e wayes …
Martin Luther · Treatise of Good Works · Open in the reader
Printed
… had ordayned, with faſtynges and prayenges, and all that the people peruerted and comytted ydolatryeidolatry with. we haue as ſtrayte a commaundement to ſalte and to rebuke al vngodlyneſſe …
With rule
… had ordayned, with faſtynges and prayenges, and all that the people peruerted and comytted ydolatryeidolatry with. we haue as ſtrayte a commaundement to ſalte and to rebuke al vngodlyneſſe …
William Tyndale · Exposition Upon Matthew 27(1) · Open in the reader
Printed
… gloryouse. What so euer is done with out the worde of God, that coūt ydolatryeidolatry. The kingdome of heauen is wyth in vs. Luc. xvii. Wonder therfore at no …
With rule
… gloryouse. What so euer is done with out the worde of God, that coūt ydolatryeidolatry. The kingdome of heauen is wyth in vs. Luc. xvii. Wonder therfore at no …
William Tyndale · The Parable of the Wicked Mammon · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (11)

11 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 are listed here. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier A05548

Printed
For laik of Faith, and for YdolatryeIdolatry
With rule
For laik of Faith, and for YdolatryeIdolatry
David Lindsay · A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier · Open in the reader
Printed
And quho YdolatryeIdolatry began
With rule
And quho YdolatryeIdolatry began
David Lindsay · A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier · Open in the reader
Printed
That his YdolatryeIdolatry wer kend
With rule
That his YdolatryeIdolatry wer kend
David Lindsay · A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier · Open in the reader
Printed
For his fatheris YdolatryeIdolatry
With rule
For his fatheris YdolatryeIdolatry
David Lindsay · A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier · Open in the reader
Printed
YdolatryeIdolatry to thare confutioun
With rule
YdolatryeIdolatry to thare confutioun
David Lindsay · A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier · Open in the reader