Selected quad for the lemma: head_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
head_n	church_n	holy_a	jesus_n	2,809	5	6.1056	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75019	Private devotions for several occasions, ordinary and extraordinary	Allestree, Richard, 1619-1681.	1660 (1660)	Wing A1161; ESTC R231157	45,195	96

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