Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	authority_n	church_n	law_n	1,028	5	4.5738	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47906	The reformed Catholique, or, The true Protestant	L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704.	1679 (1679)	Wing L1289; ESTC R20504	23,451	38

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