Selected quad for the lemma: doctrine_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
doctrine_n	church_n	practice_n	primitive_a	3,231	5	9.0425	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65267	The Right Reverend Doctor John Cosin, late Lord Bishop of Durham his opinion (when Dean of Peterburgh, and in exile) for communicating rather with Geneva than Rome ... / by Ri. Watson ...	Watson, Richard, 1612-1685.	1684 (1684)	Wing W1094; ESTC R15810	37,284	110

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