Selected quad for the lemma: saint_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
saint_n	altar_n	church_n	great_a	1,787	5	3.7729	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01433	The sonne of the rogue, or, The politick theefe with the antiquitie of theeves : a worke no lesse curious then delectable / first written in Spanish by Don Garcia ; afterwards translated into Dutch, and then into French by S.D. ; now Englished by W.M.; De sordenada codicia de los bienes agenos. English	García, Carlos, doctor.; W. M. (William Melvin)	1638 (1638)	STC 11550.4; ESTC S4312	64,197	282

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