Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	answer_n	church_n	rome_n	3,569	5	7.2673	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02456	A learned sermon handling the question of ceremonies, controuerted in our church: by Roger Hacket Doctor in Diuinitie	Hacket, Roger, 1559-1621.	1605 (1605)	STC 12588; ESTC S119068	22,518	70

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