Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	authority_n	canonical_a	church_n	4,930	5	4.6276	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A76634	A version of Solomon's Song of Songs Together with the XLV. Psalm. By Joseph Stennett.; Bible. O.T. Song of Solomon. English. Stennett.	Stennett, Joseph, 1663-1713.	1700 (1700)	Wing B2633AC; ESTC R212810	17,489	68

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