Selected quad for the lemma: ground_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	believe_v	church_n	reason_n	2,125	5	5.7482	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52792	A letter to a member of Parliament, in favour of the bill for uniting Protestants	N. N.	1689 (1689)	Wing N43; ESTC R10674	5,433	11

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