Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	bind_v	law_n	obey_v	1,316	5	7.9228	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49129	A resolution of certain queries concerning submission to the present government ... by a divine of the Church of England, as by law establisht.	Long, Thomas, 1621-1707.	1689 (1689)	Wing L2980; ESTC R21420	45,635	72

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