Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	authority_n	church_n	king_n	2,752	5	4.0125	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B09389	Reformed catholique, or, The true protestant	L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704.	1679 (1679)	Wing L1291; ESTC R179474	23,474	16

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