Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	bishop_n	church_n	council_n	3,236	5	6.7056	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02536	Epistles. The third and last volume containing two decades / by Ioseph Hall ...	Hall, Joseph, 1574-1656.	1611 (1611)	STC 12663.4; ESTC S4691	58,643	256

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