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	general_n	infallible_a	4,507	5	9.8847	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A95360	An abridgement of Christian doctrine: with proofs of Scripture for points controverted. : Catechistically explained by way of question and answer.	Turberville, Henry, d. 1678.	1648 (1648)	Wing T3252B; ESTC R185778	84,943	340

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