Selected quad for the lemma: diversity_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
diversity_n	gift_n	miracle_n	teacher_n	556	5	9.5967	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17086	A treatise, how by the Worde of God, Christian mens almose ought to be distributed; De regno Christi. Selections. English	Bucer, Martin, 1491-1551.	1557 (1557)	STC 3965; ESTC S116198	11,983	30

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