Selected quad for the lemma: country_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
country_n	bishop_n	call_v	church_n	1,562	5	4.3059	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A95817	The Christian education of children according to the maxims of the Sacred Scripture, and the instructions of the fathers of the church / written and several times printed in French, and now translated into English.; De l'education chrestienne des enfans. English	Varet, Alexandre-Louis, 1632-1676.	1678 (1678)	Wing V108; ESTC R203876	133,498	455

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