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	schism_n	separation_n	4,536	5	11.0940	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56562	The magistrates authority asserted, in a sermon, preached at the cathedral in Norwich by James Paston ...	Paston, James, d. 1722?	1673 (1673)	Wing P666; ESTC R13819	15,825	32

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