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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7960 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vnciuilluncivil

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

Puritas changed it
91 times in 59 works
Consistency
95.7% (91 of 95)
Reach if approved
~100 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: uncivil
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
95 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (91 changes in 59 works, 95.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 91)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … but in an admiration of the workemanſhip of God; not reioyceing in daunceings, and vnciuilluncivil Showtinges &c. And after the Sabbath day, let euery one that loueth Chriſt celebrate …
    With rule
    … but in an admiration of the workemanſhip of God; not reioyceing in daunceings, and vnciuilluncivil Showtinges &c. And after the Sabbath day, let euery one that loueth Chriſt celebrate …

    Theophilus Brabourne · A Defense of the Sabbath Day · p. 490 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … christians. If such had not been sent vs we had yet continued wild and vnciuilluncivil, and worshippers of the diuell: for our ciuilitie wee were beholden to the Romanes …
    With rule
    … christians. If such had not been sent vs we had yet continued wild and vnciuilluncivil, and worshippers of the diuell: for our ciuilitie wee were beholden to the Romanes …

    William Crashaw · Sermon Preached in London · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    This vnciuilluncivil & bitter dealing, is a great ſigne, and a certaine note of an vnregenerate and …
    With rule
    This vnciuilluncivil & bitter dealing, is a great ſigne, and a certaine note of an vnregenerate and …

    William Attersoll · Commentary Upon Philemon · p. 475 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … traueller) ſhould be more deare to me, than my ſonnes, than my owne? How vnciuilluncivil is this motion that I ſhould firſt make prouiſion for thee, in this dying …
    With rule
    … traueller) ſhould be more deare to me, than my ſonnes, than my owne? How vnciuilluncivil is this motion that I ſhould firſt make prouiſion for thee, in this dying …

    Joseph Hall · History of the Old Testament Volume 7 · p. 144 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … Cretian eare, prauitatis auida, greedie of euill. It listens to heare of ciuill warres, vnciuilluncivil treasons: it would faine haue heard the great thunderclappe, which the Gun-powder should …
    With rule
    … Cretian eare, prauitatis auida, greedie of euill. It listens to heare of ciuill warres, vnciuilluncivil treasons: it would faine haue heard the great thunderclappe, which the Gun-powder should …

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 311 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … a pillowe: to ſerue ſeuen yeres for one wife, & ſeuen for another, vnder an vnciuilluncivil and barbarous vncle: to abide manifold ſtirres & diſcords in his houſe between his wiues …
    With rule
    … a pillowe: to ſerue ſeuen yeres for one wife, & ſeuen for another, vnder an vnciuilluncivil and barbarous vncle: to abide manifold ſtirres & diſcords in his houſe between his wiues …

    Oliver Pigg · Treatise on 1 Peter 4 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … the good high Preiſt Azariah, who (ſay they) with held ſuch open mouthed and vnciuilluncivil perſons, from the Kings Court. And againe, is it meet that a mean Miniſter …
    With rule
    … the good high Preiſt Azariah, who (ſay they) with held ſuch open mouthed and vnciuilluncivil perſons, from the Kings Court. And againe, is it meet that a mean Miniſter …

    Richard Rogers · Samuels Encounter with Saul · p. 225 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … both foules and beasts: that is, all kind of people, both of ciuill and vnciuilluncivil life, both had nourishment and peace vnder the raigne of Nabuchadnezzer.
    With rule
    … both foules and beasts: that is, all kind of people, both of ciuill and vnciuilluncivil life, both had nourishment and peace vnder the raigne of Nabuchadnezzer.

    Andrew Willet · Commentary on Daniel · p. 124 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

3 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.

The City of Peace A01085

  • Printed
    … diuided into two Bands or Troups; the one called the Ciuill, the other the VnciuillUncivil: the Ciuill are Law-quarrels, the vnciuil are Sword-quarrels. The one is the …
    With rule
    … diuided into two Bands or Troups; the one called the Ciuill, the other the VnciuillUncivil: the Ciuill are Law-quarrels, the vnciuil are Sword-quarrels. The one is the …

    Thomas Adams · The City of Peace · p. 83 · Open in the reader

The Unloveliness of Love-Locks A10199

  • Printed
    … of these vnlouely Loue-lockes, was common among Idolatrous Infidels, and Vaine, Effeminate, Barbarous, VnciuillUncivil, and Lasciuious Pagans, whose Custome, Guise, and Gracelesse fashions, no Christians are to imitate …
    With rule
    … of these vnlouely Loue-lockes, was common among Idolatrous Infidels, and Vaine, Effeminate, Barbarous, VnciuillUncivil, and Lasciuious Pagans, whose Custome, Guise, and Gracelesse fashions, no Christians are to imitate …

    William Prynne · The Unloveliness of Love-Locks · p. 5 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … so they reiect, and censure, Loue-lockes in their Iudgements, as Vaine, Effeminate, Odious, VnciuillUncivil, Fantastique, Lasciuious, Vnnaturall, Licentious, Humourous, and vndecent Vanities, which suite not well with Ciuill …
    With rule
    … so they reiect, and censure, Loue-lockes in their Iudgements, as Vaine, Effeminate, Odious, VnciuillUncivil, Fantastique, Lasciuious, Vnnaturall, Licentious, Humourous, and vndecent Vanities, which suite not well with Ciuill …

    William Prynne · The Unloveliness of Love-Locks · p. 23 · Open in the reader