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	time_n	3,316	5	3.5270	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49777	William Rogers's Christian Quaker, manifested to be antichristian by Thomas Lawrence of Marlbrough.	Lawrence, Thomas, 1645?-1714.	1681 (1681)	Wing L689A; ESTC R221692	4,101	16

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