Selected quad for the lemma: act_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
act_n	church_n	communicate_v	communion_n	2,805	5	10.2978	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58920	Seasonable considerations		1689 (1689)	Wing S2224; ESTC R34062	11,081	18

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