Selected quad for the lemma: hand_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
hand_n	bishop_n	ordination_n	presbyter_n	4,322	5	10.6970	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75410	An answer to a paper entituled A true narrative of the cause and manner of the dissolution of the late Parliament, upon the 12. of December, 1653. Wherein the grounds and manner thereof are truly stated and vindicated, by a Member of the house then present.	Member of the House then present.	1654 (1654)	Wing A3329; Thomason E725_20; ESTC R14410	6,641	12

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