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	matter_n	1,711	5	5.4480	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A23834	Remarks upon the ecclesiastical history of the antient churches of the Albigenses by Peter Allix ...	Allix, Pierre, 1641-1717.	1692 (1692)	Wing A1230; ESTC R14912	189,539	306

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