Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	according_a	ecclesiastical_a	law_n	1,550	5	5.5075	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64051	Two presentments of the grand jury in Bristol at the general quarter-sessions of the peace, holden there in October, 1681.	England and Wales. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Bristol). Grand Jury.	1681 (1681)	Wing T3529; ESTC R29039	6,107	8

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