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	people_n	presbyter_n	5,436	5	9.9023	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37268	A particular ansvver to a book intituled, The clergy in their colours	J. D. (John Davy)	1651 (1651)	Wing D443; ESTC R14910	35,669	50

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