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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8361 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

grieuousliegrievously

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

Puritas changed it
101 times in 51 works
Consistency
100% (101 of 101)
Reach if approved
~106 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: grievously
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
101 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (101 changes in 51 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 101)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … spirit? Nay faithful fasting turnes away gods plagues from vs▪ Ahab when he had grieuousliegrievously offēded God, & had heard ye heauie sentence of Eliah, what did he? He rent …
    With rule
    … spirit? Nay faithful fasting turnes away gods plagues from vs▪ Ahab when he had grieuousliegrievously offēded God, & had heard ye heauie sentence of Eliah, what did he? He rent …

    Francis Trigge · Touchstone to Determine the True Catholic Faith · p. 317 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    WHen we are grieuousliegrievously sicke, we are to call to minde the greatnesse of our sinnes. For if …
    With rule
    WHen we are grieuousliegrievously sicke, we are to call to minde the greatnesse of our sinnes. For if …

    Clergy George Wither · An ABC for Laymen · p. 133 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … was free from ſymony? or rather do you not know that he himſelf was grieuouſliegrievously ſuſpected of ſymonie?
    With rule
    … was free from ſymony? or rather do you not know that he himſelf was grieuouſliegrievously ſuſpected of ſymonie?

    Alexander Cooke · Pope Joan · p. 112 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … was in them, which deſerued ſuch grace and mercie; for they alſo oftentimes had grieuouſliegrievously rebelled againſt the Lord, and had prouoked his wrath againſt them with their manifold …
    With rule
    … was in them, which deſerued ſuch grace and mercie; for they alſo oftentimes had grieuouſliegrievously rebelled againſt the Lord, and had prouoked his wrath againſt them with their manifold …

    John Downame · Lectures Upon Hosea 1-4 · p. 92 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … When this ſcourge is vpon them, they are to weigh and to conſider how grieuouſliegrievously they haue offended, and how much they haue prouoked the Lorde to wrath, who …
    With rule
    … When this ſcourge is vpon them, they are to weigh and to conſider how grieuouſliegrievously they haue offended, and how much they haue prouoked the Lorde to wrath, who …

    George Gifford · Two Sermons on 1 Peter 5:8-9 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    And likewise, take example of the Prophet Dauid, who hauing grieuousliegrievously offended God, and afterwardes returned by repentance, obteined forgiuenesse of his sinnes: and was …
    With rule
    And likewise, take example of the Prophet Dauid, who hauing grieuousliegrievously offended God, and afterwardes returned by repentance, obteined forgiuenesse of his sinnes: and was …

    Phillips Marnix · The Bee Hive of the Romish Church · p. 140 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … preach Repentance, and Remiſſion of ſinnes, to others, and to exhort all perſons, howe grieuouſliegrievously ſo euer they had ſinned, to come and to ſeeke mercie in Chriſt, they …
    With rule
    … preach Repentance, and Remiſſion of ſinnes, to others, and to exhort all perſons, howe grieuouſliegrievously ſo euer they had ſinned, to come and to ſeeke mercie in Chriſt, they …

    Robert Rollock · The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ · p. 433 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … of their sinne is full: And vet the Instruments of that oppression doe sinne grieuousliegrievously; for while God is in the worke of his Iustice, they are serving their …
    With rule
    … of their sinne is full: And vet the Instruments of that oppression doe sinne grieuousliegrievously; for while God is in the worke of his Iustice, they are serving their …

    William Struther · A Looking Glass for Princes and Peoples Delivered · p. 24 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.