Selected quad for the lemma: world_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
world_n	catholic_n	church_n	communion_n	5,870	5	9.6775	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37032	Clavis cantici, or, An exposition of the Song of Solomon by James Durham ...	Durham, James, 1622-1658.	1668 (1668)	Wing D2802; ESTC R17930	380,359	486

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