Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	according_a	common_a	prayer_n	2,718	5	6.1677	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A79001	By the King a proclamation for the authorizing an vniformitie of the Booke of Common Prayer to bee vsed throughout the realme.	England and Wales. Sovereign (1603-1625 : James I); James I, King of England, 1566-1625.	1643 (1643)	Wing C2601; Thomason 669.f.5[147]; ESTC R209812	2,397	1

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