Selected quad for the lemma: christian_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
christian_n	church_n	jew_n	synagogue_n	1,486	5	11.0980	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56126	A tryall of a Christian shewing that it is not the outward name of Christian that differs from a heathen, but the inward life and nature ... / by Alexander Parker.	Parker, Alexander, 1628-1689.; Watkins, Morgan, fl. 1653-1670.	1658 (1658)	Wing P389; ESTC R35393	33,144	44

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