Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	dead_a	die_v	life_n	15,052	5	4.9534	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48846	A sermon preach'd at the funeral of the Right Reverend Father in God, John late Lord Bishop of Chester At the Guildhall Chappel, London, on Thursday the 12th of December, 1672. By William Lloyd, D.D. Dean of Bangor, and one of his Majesty's chaplains in ordinary.	Lloyd, William, 1627-1717.	1698 (1698)	Wing L2707; ESTC R213713	15,403	64

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