Selected quad for the lemma: church_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
church_n	care_n	edition_n	great_a	28	3	2.1343	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25388	A manual of directions for the sick with many sweet meditations and devotions of the R. Reverend Father in God, Lancelot Andrews, late L. Bishop of Winchester : to which are added praiers for the morning, evening and H. communion / translated out of Greeke ms. of his private devotions by R. D. ...	Andrewes, Lancelot, 1555-1626.; R. D. (Richard Drake), d. 1681.	1648 (1648)	Wing A3132; ESTC R10193	38,188	263

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