Selected quad for the lemma: church_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
church_n	case_n	christian_a	great_a	882	4	2.1333	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60584	A sermon about frequent communion preached before the University of Oxford, August the 17th, 1679 / by Tho. Smith ...	Smith, Thomas, 1638-1710.	1685 (1685)	Wing S4248; ESTC R39556	22,930	42

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