Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	christian_a	church_n	faith_n	1,944	5	5.0013	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50877	The state of church-affairs in this island of Great Britain under the government of the Romans and British kings	Milton, Christopher, Sir, 1615-1693.	1687 (1687)	Wing M2085; ESTC R9446	221,305	184

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