Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	age_n	church_n	true_a	1,952	5	4.9061	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62339	A dissertation concerning patriarchal & metropolitical authority in answer to what Edw. Stillingfleet, Dean of St. Pauls hath written in his book of the British antiquities / by Eman. à Schelstrate ; translated from the Latin.	Schelstrate, Emmanuel, 1645-1692.	1688 (1688)	Wing S859; ESTC R30546	96,012	175

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of_o theodosius_n that_o the_o law_n may_v be_v revoke_v 8._o there_o be_v extant_a in_o lucas_n holstenius_fw-la a_o transcript_n of_o the_o epistle_n which_o