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	holy_a	read_v	3,400	5	6.3225	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64772	The sovles exercise in the daily contemplation of our Saviours birth, life, passion, and resurrection William Vavghan, knight.	Vaughan, William, 1577-1641.	1641 (1641)	Wing V156; ESTC R29264	119,946	320

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