Selected quad for the lemma: church_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
church_n	believe_v	faith_n	implicit_a	7,064	5	13.7153	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43703	A sermon preached before the Queen, at White-hall, on Sunday the 26th of October, 1690 by Charles Hickman.	Hickman, Charles, 1648-1713.	1690 (1690)	Wing H1900; ESTC R11429	12,291	29

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