Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	abhor_v	abomination_n	church_n	12	3	3.5428	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46774	Two letters written to a gentleman of note guilty of common swearing. By B.J.	B. J.	1691 (1691)	Wing J5A; ESTC R216972	28,794	72

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