Selected quad for the lemma: church_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
church_n	antioch_n	apostle_n	elder_n	2,819	5	9.5165	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33291	The holy history in brief, or, An abridgment of the historical parts of the Old and New Testament by Samuel Clark ...	Clark, Samuel, 1626-1701.	1690 (1690)	Wing C4492; ESTC R11701	93,511	201

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