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	jerusalem_n	zion_n	18	3	9.6580	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54463	A sermon preached in the Cathedral of St. Peters in York on the fifth day of Novemb. 1689 by William Perse ...	Perse, William, 1640 or 41-1707.	1689 (1689)	Wing P1654; ESTC R7086	17,801	43

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