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	king_n	power_n	1,558	5	4.8042	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62305	Catholick loyalty upon the subject of government and obedience : delivered in a sermon before the King and Queen in His Majesties Chappel-Royal at White-Hall on the thirtieth of January, 1687 / by the Reverend Father Edward Scarisbrike ...	Scarisbrike, Edward, 1639-1709.	1688 (1688)	Wing S824; ESTC R15096	12,794	30

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