Selected quad for the lemma: child_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
child_n	holy_a	husband_n	sanctify_v	2,746	5	9.9426	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04384	Certaine selected epistles of S. Hierome as also the liues of Saint Paul the first hermite, of Saint Hilarion the first monke of Syria, and of S. Malchus: vvritten by the same Saint. Translated into English; Selections. English	Jerome, Saint, d. 419 or 20.; Hawkins, Henry, 1571?-1646.	1630 (1630)	STC 14502; ESTC S107704	168,063	216

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