Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	form_n	prayer_n	use_v	4,815	5	5.9954	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45107	Humble requests both to conformists and dissenters, touching their temper and behaviour towards each other upon the lately passed indulgence		1689 (1689)	Wing H3647; ESTC R14206	7,011	4

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