Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	call_v	church_n	pillar_n	6,253	5	10.5659	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65987	Vnto those people who are called Baptists.	Wight, Thomas, of Market St., Herts.	1659 (1659)	Wing W2109; ESTC R214793	4,236	7

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