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	england_n	homily_n	1,679	5	11.5743	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65136	The Visor pluckt off from Richard Thompson of Bristol, clerk in a plain and true character of him.		1680 (1680)	Wing V661; ESTC R9173	4,445	4

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