Selected quad for the lemma: church_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
church_n	apostle_n	call_v	evangelist_n	3,049	5	9.9516	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49120	The history of the Donatists by Thomas Long ...	Long, Thomas, 1621-1707.	1677 (1677)	Wing L2971; ESTC R1027	83,719	176

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