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	see_v	true_a	2,943	5	5.0760	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34156	The Complaint of the kingdome against the evill members of both Houses who have upon designe brought in ruine under a pretence of reformation, relating to that former complaint made by the citie and counties adjacent.		1646 (1646)	Wing C5616; ESTC R17392	35,451	48

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