Selected quad for the lemma: order_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
order_n	church_n	time_n	word_n	3,052	5	3.9362	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31734	A character of His Most Sacred Majesty, King Charles the IId with a short apologie before it, an introduction to it, and a conclusion after it / written by a minister of the word ...	Minister of the word.	1660 (1660)	Wing C2017; ESTC R21751	17,960	39

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