Selected quad for the lemma: diversity_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
diversity_n	father_n	son_n	substance_n	392	5	9.2521	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64424	Tertullians apology, or, Defence of the Christians against the accusations of the gentiles now made English by H.B. Esq.; Apologeticum. English	Tertullian, ca. 160-ca. 230.; H. B. (Henry Brown)	1655 (1655)	Wing T785; ESTC R18180	106,345	228

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