Selected quad for the lemma: saint_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
saint_n	call_v	church_n	corinth_n	2,165	5	11.4080	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86417	Philosophicall rudiments concerning government and society. Or, A dissertation concerning man in his severall habitudes and respects, as the member of a society, first secular, and then sacred. Containing the elements of civill politie in the agreement which it hath both with naturall and divine lawes. In which is demonstrated, both what the origine of justice is, and wherein the essence of Christian religion doth consist. Together with the nature, limits, and qualifications both of regiment and subjection. / By Tho: Hobbes.; De cive. English	Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679.; Vaughan, Robert, engraver.	1651 (1651)	Wing H2253; Thomason E1262_1; ESTC R202404	220,568	406

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church_n excommunication_n and_o by_o saint_n paul_n deliver_v over_o to_o satan_n the_o word_n excommunication_n ●ounding_v the_o same_o with_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ea_v out_o of_o the_o synagogue_n seem_v to_o be_v borrow_v from_o the_o mosaical_a law_n wherein_o they_o who_o be_v by_o the_o priest_n adjudge_v leprous_a be_v command_v to_o be_v keep_v a_o part_n out_o of_o the_o camp_n until_o by_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o priest_n they_o be_v again_o pronounce_v clean_o and_o by_o certain_a right_n among_o which_o the_o wash_n of_o the_o body_n be_v one_o be_v purify_v levit._n 13._o ver_fw-la 46._o from_o hence_o in_o process_n of_o time_n it_o become_v a_o custom_n of_o the_o jew_n not_o to_o receive_v those_o who_o pass_v from_o gentilism_n to_o judaisme_n suppose_v they_o to_o be_v unclean_a unless_o they_o be_v first_o wash_v and_o those_o who_o dissent_v from_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o synagogue_n they_o cast_v out_o of_o the_o synagogue_n by_o resemblance_n 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