Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	bishop_n	church_n	find_v	2,760	5	4.9141	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A23682	A sermon preach'd at Oxford, before Sir. Will. Walker, Mayor of the said city, upon the 26th of July 1685 being the day of thanksgiving for the defeat of the rebels in Monmouth's rebellion / by Charles Allestree ...	Allestree, Charles, 1653 or 4-1707.	1685 (1685)	Wing A1081; ESTC R20829	16,424	36

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