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	patriarch_n	5,362	5	9.9527	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61494	A brief but full vindication of the Church of England from the Romanist's charge of schism.	Steward, Richard, 1593?-1651.	1688 (1688)	Wing S5517; ESTC R33857	21,943	36

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