Selected quad for the lemma: day_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
day_n	friday_n	lord_n	monday_n	4,316	5	13.2644	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A80897	A declaration of His Highness the Lord Protector and the Parliament, for a day of publique thanksgiving on Friday the twentieth of February, 1656. Monday, the 2d of February, 1656. Ordered by the Parliament, that the declaration for a day of thanksgiving on the twentieth of February instant, be forthwith printed and published, and that the same be sent to the sheriffs of the respective counties and shires, who are required to take care that the same be delivered to the ministers of the respective parishes and congregations. Hen: Scobell, Clerk of the Parliament.	England and Wales. Lord Protector (1653-1658 : O. Cromwell); Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658.; England and Wales. Parliament.	1656 (1656)	Wing C7066; Thomason E1065_12	3,383	10

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