Selected quad for the lemma: head_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
head_n	body_n	church_n	hold_v	3,003	5	6.5565	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00631	An antiquodlibet, or An aduertisement to beware of secular priests	Fenner, Dudley, 1558?-1587, attributed name.; Udall, John, 1560?-1592, attributed name'.	1602 (1602)	STC 10765; ESTC S117686	60,651	170

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