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
A51595	A remembrance for the living to pray for the dead made by a Father of the Soc. of Iesus.	Mumford, J. (James), 1606-1666.	1641 (1641)	Wing M3069; ESTC R26206	65,319	231

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