Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	apostle_n	bishop_n	church_n	1,878	5	4.2003	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40803	[Two discourses] concerning episcopacy the former made by the Lord Viscount Falkland ; and the later by William Chillingworth.	Falkland, Lucius Cary, Viscount, 1610?-1643.; Chillingworth, William, 1602-1644.	1660 (1660)	Wing F327; ESTC R24319	8,740	18

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