Selected quad for the lemma: church_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
church_n	council_n	faith_n	trent_n	4,913	5	10.4664	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36130	A discovery of the Society in relation to their politicks written originally by a well-wisher to the Jesuits.	Well-wisher to the Jesuits.	1658 (1658)	Wing D1659; ESTC R5361	16,095	29

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