Selected quad for the lemma: church_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
church_n	day_n	keep_v	week_n	4,104	5	9.7261	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35330	The Cry of oppression and cruelty inflicted upon divers innocent people called Quakers, in the county of Glocester, for peaceable meeting together to worship God being a copy of a paper directed to the judges of the late assizes at Glocester presented to the tender consideration of such who are in power to relieve the oppressed.		1677 (1677)	Wing C7449A; ESTC R30286	6,244	9

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