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	doctrine_n	homily_n	2,004	5	11.8804	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A71196	Utrum horum, or, God's ways of disposing of kingdoms and some clergy-men's ways of disposing of them.	Lloyd, William, 1627-1717.; William III, King of England, 1650-1702.	1691 (1691)	Wing U231; ESTC R1713	63,859	133

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