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	england_n	religion_n	1,637	5	5.7823	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50339	The project for repealing the penal laws and tests, with the honorable means used to effect it being a preface to a treatise concerning the penal laws and tests.	Maurice, Henry, 1648-1691.	1688 (1688)	Wing M1368; ESTC R24381	2,110	6

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