Selected quad for the lemma: order_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
order_n	apostle_n	church_n	receive_v	2,239	5	5.5834	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60688	The spirit of meekness recommended for the reducing of the erroneous and such as have dissented from the Church of England / by William Smythies ...	Smythies, William, d. 1715.	1684 (1684)	Wing S4374; ESTC R10957	45,142	149

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