Selected quad for the lemma: church_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
church_n	speak_v	tongue_n	unknown_a	2,948	5	10.5016	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31714	The Character of a true and false shepherd with a general admonition to ministers : being very seasonable for the present times.		1670 (1670)	Wing C1995C; ESTC R25981	16,245	25

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