Selected quad for the lemma: sense_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sense_n	church_n	infallibility_n	infallible_a	2,069	5	10.4830	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52773	Six Sermons preached (most of them) at S. Maries in Cambridge / by Robert Needham.	Needham, Robert, d. 1678.; Calamy, Benjamin, 1642-1686.	1679 (1679)	Wing N410; ESTC R26166	88,797	240

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