Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	canonical_a	holy_a	scripture_n	5,721	5	6.0092	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69076	A treatise of Christian religion. Or, the whole bodie and substance of diunintie. By T.C.; Christian religion	Cartwright, Thomas, 1535-1603.; Bradshaw, William, 1571-1618.	1616 (1616)	STC 4707.7; ESTC S107471	214,101	390

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