Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	ecclesiastical_a	person_n	power_n	3,185	5	5.2905	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A55978	The rights and liberties of the church asserted and vindicated, against the pretended right and usurpation of patronage.	Park, Robert, d. 1689?	1689 (1689)	Wing P363; ESTC R22377	75,800	180

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