Selected quad for the lemma: church_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
church_n	canon_n	council_n	nice_a	2,852	5	10.4936	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20714	Duplyes of the ministers & professors of Aberdene to second answeres of some reverend brethren, concerning the late covenant.	Forbes, John, 1593-1648.	1638 (1638)	STC 71; ESTC S100398	79,306	136

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