Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	call_v	church_n	england_n	3,146	5	6.0876	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07101	The loue of the soule Made by G.M.	Martin, Gregory, d. 1582.; Martin, Gregory, d. 1582. Treatyse of Christian peregrination. aut	1597 (1597)	STC 17504; ESTC S105435	10,171	54

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