Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	aaron_n	church_n	religion_n	15	3	4.7580	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13827	Times lamentation: or An exposition on the prophet Ioel, in sundry sermons or meditations	Topsell, Edward, 1572-1625?	1599 (1599)	STC 24131; ESTC S118486	347,352	464

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