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
A51392	A letter to Her Highness the Duchess of York some few months before her death written by the Bishop of Winchester.	Morley, George, 1597-1684.; York, Anne Hyde, Duchess of, 1637-1671.	1683 (1683)	Wing M2792; ESTC R27514	11,780	24

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