Selected quad for the lemma: woman_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
woman_n	church_n	seed_n	serpent_n	1,735	5	9.3982	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49585	Large and sure foundations		1693 (1693)	Wing L437; ESTC R16686	19,344	15

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