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	see_v	3,267	5	3.6763	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40735	The funeral of the good old cause, or, A covenant of both houses of Parliament against the Solemn League and Covenant		1661 (1661)	Wing F2538; ESTC R17653	2,460	8

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