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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7747 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

reygnereign

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

Puritas changed it
168 times in 66 works
Consistency
98.2% (168 of 171)
Reach if approved
~180 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: reign
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
171 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (168 changes in 66 works, 98.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 168)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … agaynſt them. Loe, thys is the meane howe Princes of the earth ought to reygnereign in ſeruing Ieſus Chriſt, to thende that he may haue Soueraine auctoritie emonges all …
    With rule
    … agaynſt them. Loe, thys is the meane howe Princes of the earth ought to reygnereign in ſeruing Ieſus Chriſt, to thende that he may haue Soueraine auctoritie emonges all …

    John Calvin · Epistle to Prince Edward · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    IN the reygnereign of Queene Mary, I Thomas Greene being brought before D. Story, by my M …
    With rule
    IN the reygnereign of Queene Mary, I Thomas Greene being brought before D. Story, by my M …

    John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 2060 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    So feigne they not, that Saturns heauenly reygnereign,
    With rule
    So feigne they not, that Saturns heauenly reygnereign,

    William Fulke · Anti-Prognostication · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … willinglie, openly, & adviſedly, ſubmitted to whatſoever was proclaymed at the beginning of her Highnes reygnereign: Vnles you could prove that Religion, worſhip, Miniſtery &c. then proclaymed and ſtill vſed …
    With rule
    … willinglie, openly, & adviſedly, ſubmitted to whatſoever was proclaymed at the beginning of her Highnes reygnereign: Vnles you could prove that Religion, worſhip, Miniſtery &c. then proclaymed and ſtill vſed …

    Francis Johnson · Answer to Mr Jacobs Defense of the Churches and Ministry of England · p. 199 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … the malyce▪ the voluptuous liuyn…e, fayened frendshyp and such… other abhomynable synnes whych reygnereign and tryumphe nowe a dayes in vs, shall euidentlye declare what good Gospelle…s …
    With rule
    … the malyce▪ the voluptuous liuyn…e, fayened frendshyp and such… other abhomynable synnes whych reygnereign and tryumphe nowe a dayes in vs, shall euidentlye declare what good Gospelle…s …

    Thomas Becon · The Flower of Godly Prayers · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … shewed vnto hym, to be the sauiour of the world, & very him, that shulde reygnereign ouer all nacions and kyngedoms? This was a straunge thy…g to the grosse …
    With rule
    … shewed vnto hym, to be the sauiour of the world, & very him, that shulde reygnereign ouer all nacions and kyngedoms? This was a straunge thy…g to the grosse …

    Thomas Becon · A New Years Gift More Precious than Gold · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … oure comon yeres. Certayn it is out of Ptolome fro the beginnyng of the reygnereign of Nebucha…nezar, whome he calleth Nabopollassar vnto the byrth of Christe to haue …
    With rule
    … oure comon yeres. Certayn it is out of Ptolome fro the beginnyng of the reygnereign of Nebucha…nezar, whome he calleth Nabopollassar vnto the byrth of Christe to haue …

    Andreas Osiander · The Conjectures of the End of the World · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … deceiue: and hir moste cruell tyrannye so vanquyshed, that she maye nowe no longer reygnereign in Chrysten peoples consciences as she hath by goddes sufferaunce for oure synfulnesse many …
    With rule
    … deceiue: and hir moste cruell tyrannye so vanquyshed, that she maye nowe no longer reygnereign in Chrysten peoples consciences as she hath by goddes sufferaunce for oure synfulnesse many …

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · The Sacrament of the Lords Supper · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

2 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.

Commentaries A68840

  • Printed
    … to be king ouer Iſraell he refuſed it. For the people ſayd vnto hym: ReygneReign thou ouer vs and thy ſonne. By the which wordes they dyd not geue …
    With rule
    … to be king ouer Iſraell he refuſed it. For the people ſayd vnto hym: ReygneReign thou ouer vs and thy ſonne. By the which wordes they dyd not geue …

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentaries · p. 2 · Open in the reader

Treatise Against the Profanation of the Lords Day B00106

  • Printed
    And in the moſt happie ReygneReign of our late dread Sovereygne, king IAMES, of ever-bleſſed memorie, it is ſtatuted …
    With rule
    And in the moſt happie ReygneReign of our late dread Sovereygne, king IAMES, of ever-bleſſed memorie, it is ſtatuted …

    William Guild · Treatise Against the Profanation of the Lords Day · p. 35 · Open in the reader