Selected quad for the lemma: christian_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
christian_n	catholic_n	church_n	unity_n	2,090	5	9.9512	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50549	A sermon preached before the King and Queen at Hampton-Covrt, July 14th, 1689 by Richard Meggott ...	Meggott, Richard, d. 1692.	1689 (1689)	Wing M1628; ESTC R794	12,555	36

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