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
A76227	A winding-sheet for popery. By Richard Baxter, Catholick.	Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691.	1657 (1657)	Wing B1454; Thomason E1602_5; ESTC R208914	13,418	15

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