Selected quad for the lemma: christian_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
christian_n	believe_v	christian_a	faith_n	4,636	5	5.7018	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91727	Celestial amities: or, A soul sighing for the love of her saviour. By Edward Reynell, Esq;	Reynell, Edward, 1612-1663.	1660 (1660)	Wing R1218; Thomason E1914_3; ESTC R209998	113,643	206

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