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	time_n	2,817	5	3.2368	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43253	The legend of St. Cuthbert with the antiquities of the Church of Durham / by B.R., Esq.	Hegge, Robert, 1599-1629.; R. B. (Richard Baddeley)	1663 (1663)	Wing H1370; ESTC R15307	20,137	102

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