Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	canon_n	church_n	law_n	2,848	5	5.0282	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42092	The compleat conformist, or, Seasonable advice concerning strict conformity, and frequent celebration of the holy Communion in a sermon preached (on the seventh of January, being the first Sunday after the Epiphany, in the year 1682) at the Cathedral, and in a letter written to the clergy of the archdeaconry of Durham / by Denis Grenville.	Grenville, Denis, 1637-1703.	1684 (1684)	Wing G1938; ESTC R8783	37,668	65

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