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
A61244	Mathematical collections and translations ... by Thomas Salusbury, Esq.	Salusbury, Thomas.	1661 (1661)	Wing S517; ESTC R19153	646,791	680

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