Selected quad for the lemma: church_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
church_n	administer_v	sacrament_n	true_a	6,250	5	5.3715	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58486	Remarks by way of advertisement upon the Bishop of Grenoble's letter to the clergy of his diocese, concerning their behaviour towards the new-converts together with the lettter it self.		1687 (1687)	Wing R928; ESTC R33990	7,006	16

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