Selected quad for the lemma: nation_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nation_n	call_v	church_n	national_a	2,044	5	11.4074	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66109	An appeal to all the true members of the Church of England, in behalf of the King's ecclesiastical supremacy ... by William Wake ...	Wake, William, 1657-1737.	1698 (1698)	Wing W229; ESTC R3357	63,501	162

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