Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	body_n	great_a	part_n	3,256	5	4.2928	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B00242	The glory of the B. Father S. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Iesus.	Łęczycki, Mikołaj, 1574-1652.	1633 (1633)	STC 15188.7; ESTC S120479	62,723	362

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