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	father_n	primitive_a	3,741	5	8.1245	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27072	Tvvo meditations 1. Of death. 2. Of life eternal by N.B., a sequestred minister of Jesus Christ.	N. B., sequestred minister of Jesus Christ.	1648 (1648)	Wing B146; ESTC R13468	20,304	25

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