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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8171 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

reuerendereverend

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

Puritas changed it
173 times in 83 works
Consistency
86.9% (173 of 199)
Reach if approved
~209 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: reverend
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
199 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (173 changes in 83 works, 86.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 173)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … knoledg & of ye fulnes of ye apostolike power, by ye councell & assent of our reuerendereverend brethren the Cardinals of ye holy church of R. by tenor of these present …
    With rule
    … knoledg & of ye fulnes of ye apostolike power, by ye councell & assent of our reuerendereverend brethren the Cardinals of ye holy church of R. by tenor of these present …

    William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 56 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … propoſed all men, for Chryſt to contemne all dreades, threates, horrours, and terrours. Whoſe reuerendereverend trayne the earth abādoning, the heauen receiued. There enioye they immortalitie, and perpetuall felycitie …
    With rule
    … propoſed all men, for Chryſt to contemne all dreades, threates, horrours, and terrours. Whoſe reuerendereverend trayne the earth abādoning, the heauen receiued. There enioye they immortalitie, and perpetuall felycitie …

    Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … vs of socourynge the socourles? What a myrrou…e to beholde is that most reuerendereverend Patriarke Abrahā the father of the faythful, vnto the faythfull? Wyth what alacritie and …
    With rule
    … vs of socourynge the socourles? What a myrrou…e to beholde is that most reuerendereverend Patriarke Abrahā the father of the faythful, vnto the faythfull? Wyth what alacritie and …

    Thomas Becon · The Fortress of the Faithful Against the Cruel Assaults of Poverty and Hunger · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … e, we grete thee well, and ſende ou… Apoſtolicall benediction. We a…ſſe oure reuerendereverend Brother Enn…u… ▪ Byſhoppe of Verules, domeſticall Prelecte, oure Meſſenger, and of oure Apoſtolicall …
    With rule
    … e, we grete thee well, and ſende ou… Apoſtolicall benediction. We a…ſſe oure reuerendereverend Brother Enn…u… ▪ Byſhoppe of Verules, domeſticall Prelecte, oure Meſſenger, and of oure Apoſtolicall …

    Philipp Melanchthon · History of Three Renowned Reformers · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … common out cries, the Churche, the Churche, the Churche, our moſt holy father, moſt reuerendereverend father, moſt godly father, moſt learned Doctors, moſt chriſtian Doctors, moſt light Doctors, moſte …
    With rule
    … common out cries, the Churche, the Churche, the Churche, our moſt holy father, moſt reuerendereverend father, moſt godly father, moſt learned Doctors, moſt chriſtian Doctors, moſt light Doctors, moſte …

    John Stockwood · Sermon 24 August 1578 · p. 27 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … and otherwise. The thirde is, that odde and incomparable man of our time: The reuerendereverend Father, and most painefull and faithfull Pastor and Teacher in Christes Church, M John …
    With rule
    … and otherwise. The thirde is, that odde and incomparable man of our time: The reuerendereverend Father, and most painefull and faithfull Pastor and Teacher in Christes Church, M John …

    Perceval Wiburn · Reproof of Howlets Untimely Shrieking · p. 45 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … oweth to his magiſtrate. Fyrſt it is the parte of ſubiectes, to haue a reuerendereverend and honorable eſtimation of their princes and powers. And ſo to reuerence them as …
    With rule
    … oweth to his magiſtrate. Fyrſt it is the parte of ſubiectes, to haue a reuerendereverend and honorable eſtimation of their princes and powers. And ſo to reuerence them as …

    Henrich Bullinger · Sermon Concerning Magistrates · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … yet must we conceiue a better kinde of feare, that is to wit a reuerendereverend awe of God. To say the trueth, the onely feare which we haue of …
    With rule
    … yet must we conceiue a better kinde of feare, that is to wit a reuerendereverend awe of God. To say the trueth, the onely feare which we haue of …

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · p. 707 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (26)

15 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 11 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Brief Chronicle Concerning Examination and Death of John Oldcastle A02633

  • Printed
    … xxiii. daye of Octobre in the same yeare / and the beginnynge therof is this. ReuerendeReverend in Christo pater &c.
    With rule
    … xxiii. daye of Octobre in the same yeare / and the beginnynge therof is this. ReuerendeReverend in Christo pater &c.

    John Bale · Brief Chronicle Concerning Examination and Death of John Oldcastle · Open in the reader

The Nobles A03850

  • Printed
    … this gappe opened not lawes, but lycencious cuſtome, not ciuile ordinance but corrupted tymes. ReuerendeReverend antiquitye nor vſed, nor meante it. But more by deedes than wordes, and yet …
    With rule
    … this gappe opened not lawes, but lycencious cuſtome, not ciuile ordinance but corrupted tymes. ReuerendeReverend antiquitye nor vſed, nor meante it. But more by deedes than wordes, and yet …

    Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader

Twenty-Seven Sermons A05143

  • Printed
    27 SERMONS PREAched by the ryght ReuerendeReverend father in God and constant Matir of Iesus Christe, Maister Hugh Latimer, as well …
    With rule
    27 SERMONS PREAched by the ryght ReuerendeReverend father in God and constant Matir of Iesus Christe, Maister Hugh Latimer, as well …

    Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    The Sermon that the ReuerendeReverend Father in Christ Hugh Latimer Bishop of worcester, made to the Clergye, in the …
    With rule
    The Sermon that the ReuerendeReverend Father in Christ Hugh Latimer Bishop of worcester, made to the Clergye, in the …

    Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · p. 2 · Open in the reader

The Plea of the Innocent A08206

  • Printed
    Chap. 5. This teacheth, that the ReuerendeReverend Biſhoppes and other Prelates of the Church of Englande, ſtanding for conformitie (ſuch as …
    With rule
    Chap. 5. This teacheth, that the ReuerendeReverend Biſhoppes and other Prelates of the Church of Englande, ſtanding for conformitie (ſuch as …

    Josias Nichols · The Plea of the Innocent · Open in the reader

Conferences Between Two Fathers and Martyrs A10777

  • Printed
    Certē godly / learned / and comfortable conferences / betwene the two ReuerendeReverend Fathers / and holye Martyrs of Christe / D. Nicolas Rydley late Bysshoppe of London / and …
    With rule
    Certē godly / learned / and comfortable conferences / betwene the two ReuerendeReverend Fathers / and holye Martyrs of Christe / D. Nicolas Rydley late Bysshoppe of London / and …

    Nicholas Ridley · Conferences Between Two Fathers and Martyrs · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    A Treatise agaynst the errour of Transubstantiation / made by the sayd ReuerendeReverend Father D. Nicolas Rydley.
    With rule
    A Treatise agaynst the errour of Transubstantiation / made by the sayd ReuerendeReverend Father D. Nicolas Rydley.

    Nicholas Ridley · Conferences Between Two Fathers and Martyrs · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … forthe for thine instruction / and comforte / certen learned / and comfortable conferences / Betwene the two ReuerendeReverend / and godly fathers M. Rydley / and M. Latymer: whose bodies the Romishe tyrannie of …
    With rule
    … forthe for thine instruction / and comforte / certen learned / and comfortable conferences / Betwene the two ReuerendeReverend / and godly fathers M. Rydley / and M. Latymer: whose bodies the Romishe tyrannie of …

    Nicholas Ridley · Conferences Between Two Fathers and Martyrs · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    A treatise agaīst the errour of transubstantiation / made by the fornamed ReuerendeReverend father Nic. Rydley Byshop of London / in the time of his emprisonmente
    With rule
    A treatise agaīst the errour of transubstantiation / made by the fornamed ReuerendeReverend father Nic. Rydley Byshop of London / in the time of his emprisonmente

    Nicholas Ridley · Conferences Between Two Fathers and Martyrs · Open in the reader

Questions of Religion A17219

  • Printed
    WHEN I HAD finished the translation of thys Booke, (right ReuerendeReverend father) and being persvvaded by some of my godly freends, to publishe the same …
    With rule
    WHEN I HAD finished the translation of thys Booke, (right ReuerendeReverend father) and being persvvaded by some of my godly freends, to publishe the same …

    Henrich Bullinger · Questions of Religion · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … the yere last past, there was put into Printe a little boke by the ReuerendeReverend father Doctor Henrie Bullinger, in whiche he Aunswereth to certaine Articles or Questions wherewith …
    With rule
    … the yere last past, there was put into Printe a little boke by the ReuerendeReverend father Doctor Henrie Bullinger, in whiche he Aunswereth to certaine Articles or Questions wherewith …

    Henrich Bullinger · Questions of Religion · Open in the reader

The Sum of the Four Evangelists A17221

  • Printed
    THE materiall temple at Ieruſalem, ReuerendeReverend Father, although it were very ſtately and ſumptuous, yet was it ſo artificially framed …
    With rule
    THE materiall temple at Ieruſalem, ReuerendeReverend Father, although it were very ſtately and ſumptuous, yet was it ſo artificially framed …

    Henrich Bullinger · The Sum of the Four Evangelists · Open in the reader

The Whole Sum of Christian Religion A17244

  • Printed
    TO THE MOST ReuerendeReverend Father in God, his very good Lorde and Maſter, Edmunde, by the prouidence of …
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    TO THE MOST ReuerendeReverend Father in God, his very good Lorde and Maſter, Edmunde, by the prouidence of …

    Edmund Bunny · The Whole Sum of Christian Religion · Open in the reader

Letters A19567

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    … to the Quene, and also to doctour Martin and doctour Storye, by the most ReuerendeReverend father in God, Thomas Cranmer Archebishop of Cantorburye from prison in Oxeforde: who (after …
    With rule
    … to the Quene, and also to doctour Martin and doctour Storye, by the most ReuerendeReverend father in God, Thomas Cranmer Archebishop of Cantorburye from prison in Oxeforde: who (after …

    Archishop Thomas Cranmer · Letters · Open in the reader

Defense of the True Doctrine of the Sacrament of the Lords Supper A19571

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    … ye consent of the moste auncient doctors of the Churche. Made by the moste ReuerendeReverend father in GOD THOMAS ARCHEBYSHOP of Canterbury, Primate of all ENGLANDE and Metropolitane.
    With rule
    … ye consent of the moste auncient doctors of the Churche. Made by the moste ReuerendeReverend father in GOD THOMAS ARCHEBYSHOP of Canterbury, Primate of all ENGLANDE and Metropolitane.

    Archishop Thomas Cranmer · Defense of the True Doctrine of the Sacrament of the Lords Supper · Open in the reader