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	time_n	year_n	3,095	5	4.4824	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00089	Constitutions and canons ecclesiasticall; treated upon by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, presidents of the convocations for the respective provinces of Canterbury and York, and the rest of the bishops and clergie of those provinces; and agreed upon with the Kings Majesties licence in their severall synods begun at London and York. 1640 ...; Constitutions and canons ecclesiastical	Church of England.	1640 (1640)	STC 10080; ESTC R212834	20,991	54

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case_n 13_o excommunication_n and_o absolution_n not_o to_o be_v pronounce_v but_o by_o a_o priest_n 14_o concerning_o commutation_n and_o the_o dispose_n of_o they_o 15_o touch_v concurrent_a jurisdiction_n 16_o concerning_o licence_n to_o marry_v 17_o against_o vexatious_a citation_n finis_fw-la