Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	ceremony_n	church_n	use_v	2,725	5	6.0891	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50340	Remarks from the country, upon the two letters relating to the convocation and alterations in the liturgy	Maurice, Henry, 1648-1691.; Basset, Joshua, 1641?-1720.	1690 (1690)	Wing M1369; ESTC R10680	13,458	20

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