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	england_n	ordination_n	3,712	5	10.1882	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64350	An argument for union taken from the true interest of those dissenters in England who profess and call themselves Protestants.	Tenison, Thomas, 1636-1715.	1683 (1683)	Wing T688; ESTC R20927	28,630	48

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