Selected quad for the lemma: church_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
church_n	bone_n	dead_a	good_a	30	3	2.1334	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14750	The life of faith by Samuel Ward ...	Ward, Samuel, 1577-1640.	1621 (1621)	STC 25049A; ESTC S1745	31,215	132

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