Selected quad for the lemma: church_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
church_n	bishop_n	council_n	nice_a	6,219	5	10.6361	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48267	The Sighs of France in slavery, breathing after liberty by way of memorial / done out of French.; Soupirs de la France esclave. Mémoires 1-2. English.	Jurieu, Pierre, 1637-1713.; Le Vassor, Michel, 1646-1718.	1689 (1689)	Wing L1796; ESTC R37610	22,922	36

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