Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	canon_n	church_n	council_n	2,659	5	6.8416	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27170	The holy inquisition wherein is represented what is the religion of the Church of Rome, and how they are dealt with that dissent from it.	Beaulieu, Luke, 1644 or 5-1723.	1681 (1681)	Wing B1574; ESTC R13764	91,990	274

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