Selected quad for the lemma: christian_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
christian_n	age_n	church_n	primitive_a	1,319	5	8.6165	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70394	Lacrymæ ecclesiæ Anglicanæ, or, A serious and passionate address of the Church of England, to her sons especially those of the clergy.	Ken, Thomas, 1637-1711.; Kerr, Thomas.	1689 (1689)	Wing K264C; ESTC R1553	49,273	65

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