Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	great_a	spirit_n	word_n	3,910	5	3.9744	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39285	A sermon preach'd before the King and Queen, upon the second Sunday in Advent, being the fifth of December, 1686 by the Reverend Father Dom. Philip Ellis ...	Ellis, Philip, 1652-1726.	1686 (1686)	Wing E599; ESTC R40479	13,887	36

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