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	true_a	unity_n	1,613	5	9.0929	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A97011	Certaine reasons why the Booke of Common-Prayer being corrected should continue. By I. W.	I. W.	1641 (1641)	Wing W40; Thomason E176_15; ESTC R14936	7,429	20

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