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	communion_n	member_n	6,174	5	9.5242	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56270	An answer to a paper entituled The case of the Protestant dissenters of Ireland in reference to a bill of indulgence, represented and argued.	Pullen, Tobias, 1648-1713.; Boyse, J. (Joseph), 1660-1728, attributed name.	1695 (1695)	Wing P4193; ESTC R222510	6,780	7

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