Selected quad for the lemma: saint_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
saint_n	adoration_n	image_n	worship_v	1,188	5	8.7129	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48243	The letter writ by the last Assembly General of the Clergy of France to the Protestants, inviting them to return to their communion together with the methods proposed by them for their conviction / translated into English, and examined by Gilbert Burnet.	Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715.; Catholic Church. Assemblée générale du clergé de France.	1683 (1683)	Wing L1759; ESTC R2185	82,200	210

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