Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	action_n	good_a	law_n	1,011	5	4.8972	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18252	The Christian diurnal Written in French by Fa. Nic. Caussin of the Soc. of Iesus. And translated by T.H.; Journée chrestienne. English	Caussin, Nicolas, 1583-1651.; T. H. (Thomas Hawkins), Sir, d. 1640.	1632 (1632)	STC 4871; ESTC S118870	61,257	412

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