Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	common_a	prayer_n	rite_n	2,290	5	10.0209	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08131	The Bible-bearer. By A.N. sometimes of Trinity Colledge in Oxford	Newman, Arthur.	1607 (1607)	STC 18495; ESTC S113226	23,490	50

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