Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	church_n	day_n	great_a	1,992	5	2.9426	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B02189	Act of the Synod of Lothian and Tweeddale, anent the observation of a fast, with the causes thereof. Edinburgh the sixth day of May 1698 years post meridiem.	Church of Scotland. Synod of Lothian and Tweeddale.	1698 (1698)	Wing C4196A; ESTC R171352	1,197	1

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