Selected quad for the lemma: order_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
order_n	write_v	writing_n	year_n	57	3	4.6959	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94297	Of the government of churches; a discourse pointing at the primitive form.	Thorndike, Herbert, 1598-1672.	1641 (1641)	Wing T1055; Thomason E1102_1; ESTC R203782	63,264	216

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of_o the_o apostle_n which_o both_o side_n grant_v and_o of_o their_o place_n from_o which_o they_o argue_v chap._n vi_o dionysius_n the_o areopagite_n bishop_n of_o athens_n s._n mark_v of_o alexandria_n no_o bishop_n at_o corinth_n when_o clemens_n write_v his_o epistle_n how_o they_o be_v propagate_v and_o by_o what_o rule_n thus_o we_o be_v out_o of_o the_o scripture_n but_o because_o we_o be_v not_o yet_o out_o of_o the_o time_n of_o the_o apostle_n i_o will_v name_v further_a dionysius_n the_o areopagite_n s._n paul_n convert_n act_v xvii_o 34._o because_o there_o be_v so_o ancient_a a_o witness_n to_o depose_v for_o he_o dionysius_n of_o corinth_n some_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o year_n after_o that_o aver_v in_o eusebius_n that_o he_o be_v the_o first_o bishop_n of_o athens_n and_o so_o the_o last_o i_o will_v name_n shall_v be_v the_o church_n of_o alexandria_n and_o that_o for_o s._n hieromes_n sake_n and_o in_o his_o word_n because_o he_o it_o be_v that_o be_v persuade_v 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