Selected quad for the lemma: ground_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	authority_n	church_n	faith_n	5,185	5	6.2589	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68827	A treatise concernynge generall councilles, the byshoppes of Rome, and the clergy	Alesius, Alexander, 1500-1565, attributed name.	1538 (1538)	STC 24237; ESTC S119686	16,965	70

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