Selected quad for the lemma: christian_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
christian_n	day_n	time_n	week_n	2,302	5	9.6378	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09331	A weekes worke, and a worke for every weeke by R.B.	Bernard, Richard, 1568-1641.	1616 (1616)	STC 1964.3; ESTC S1779	36,940	190

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