Selected quad for the lemma: church_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
church_n	ancient_a	bishop_n	pope_n	3,697	5	6.0360	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57240	The substance of a letter occasioned by a discourse of the time called Christmas, from an abuse on it	Richardson, Richard, 1623?-1689.	1680 (1680)	Wing R1396; ESTC R28478	9,501	13

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