Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	church_n	ghost_n	holy_a	7,758	5	5.3049	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01567	A declaration made by the Archbishop of Collen, vpon the deede of his mariage, sent to the states of his archbishoprike VVith the letter of Pope Gregorie the. 13 against the celebration of the same mariage, and the Bishops aunswer therevnto. According to the coppie imprinted at Collen. 1583.	Gebhard, Truchsess von Waldburg, Archbishop and Elector of Cologne, 1547-1601.; Deloney, Thomas, 1543?-1600.; Gregory XIII, Pope, 1502-1585.	1583 (1583)	STC 11693; ESTC S102953	12,394	38

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