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	time_n	2,975	5	3.4034	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51740	A letter to a friend, shewing the vanity of this opinion that every mans sense and reason is to guide him in matters of faith.	Manby, Peter, d. 1697.	1688 (1688)	Wing M386; ESTC R31875	8,647	7

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