Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	age_n	church_n	time_n	1,732	5	3.5963	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02825	[The image of bothe churches after reulacion of saynt Iohan the euangelyst]	Bale, John, 1495-1563.	1545 (1545)	STC 1296.5; ESTC S110909	105,128	291

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