Selected quad for the lemma: church_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
church_n	according_a	bishop_n	england_n	2,737	5	5.7774	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27031	A letter from a minister to a person of quality shewing some reasons for his nonconformity.	A. B.	1662 (1662)	Wing B14; ESTC R12373	8,893	4

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