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	time_n	true_a	4,909	5	4.9532	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02456	A learned sermon handling the question of ceremonies, controuerted in our church: by Roger Hacket Doctor in Diuinitie	Hacket, Roger, 1559-1621.	1605 (1605)	STC 12588; ESTC S119068	22,518	70

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