Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	acknowledge_v	church_n	true_a	2,766	5	5.8656	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63814	Animadversions upon a pretended answer to Mijn Heer Fagel's letter	N. T.	1688 (1688)	Wing T32; ESTC R24167	35,210	21

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