Selected quad for the lemma: saint_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
saint_n	catholic_a	church_n	creed_n	1,395	5	10.7130	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20741	A treatise of iustification· By George Dovvname, Doctor of Divinity and Bishop of Dery	Downame, George, d. 1634.	1633 (1633)	STC 7121; ESTC S121693	768,371	667

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