Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	church_n	day_n	lord_n	2,892	5	3.8416	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39377	An Abstract of some letters to an eminent learned person concerning the excellency of the Book of common-prayer, &c.		1679 (1679)	Wing E7; ESTC R23206	15,276	30

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