Selected quad for the lemma: blood_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
blood_n	body_n	bread_n	church_n	9,550	5	4.4491	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44672	The Case of the Protestant dissenters represented and argued	Howe, John, 1630-1705.; Stretton, Richard, 1631 or 2-1712.	1689 (1689)	Wing H3020; ESTC R21354	7,346	6

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