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	religion_n	2,830	5	5.5349	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13004	A Declaration of the lyfe and death of Iohn Story, late a Romish canonicall doctor, by professyon		1571 (1571)	STC 23297; ESTC S524	11,233	32

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