Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	call_v	church_n	part_n	2,516	5	4.5208	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64358	A discourse concerning the Ecclesiastical Commission, open'd in the Jerusalem-Chamber, October the 10th, 1689	Tenison, Thomas, 1636-1715.; England and Wales. Act concerning the submission of the clergy to the King's Majesty.	1689 (1689)	Wing T697; ESTC R1306	13,324	42

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