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	faith_n	true_a	3,070	5	4.9666	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50779	The life of the most learned Father Paul, of the Order of the Servie ... translated out of Italian by a person of quality.; Vita del padre Paolo. English	Micanzio, Fulgenzio.; Saint-Amard, John.	1651 (1651)	Wing M1959; ESTC R15887	131,569	304

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