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	pope_n	rome_n	3,915	5	6.8835	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36190	Queries upon queries, or, Enquiries into Certain queries upon Dr. Pierce's sermon at Whitehall, Feb. 1	Dobson, John, 1633-1681.	1663 (1663)	Wing D1755; ESTC R12019	9,183	17

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