Selected quad for the lemma: church_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
church_n	build_v	peter_n	rock_n	30,238	5	9.7701	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63876	Animadversions upon a late pamphlet entituled The naked truth, or, The true state of the primitive church	Turner, Francis, 1638?-1700.	1676 (1676)	Wing T3275; ESTC R15960	53,553	71

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