Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	believe_v	church_n	word_n	2,694	5	4.5532	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28874	The life of St. Ignatius, founder of the Society of Jesus written in French by the Reverend Father Dominick Bouhours of the same society ; translated into English by a person of quality.; Vie de Saint Ignace, fondateur de la Compagnie de Jésus. English	Bouhours, Dominique, 1628-1702.; Person of quality.	1686 (1686)	Wing B3826; ESTC R8869	249,798	410

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