Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	call_v	private_a	public_a	1,011	5	6.0450	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70471	A treatise of the episcopacy, liturgies, and ecclesiastical ceremonies of the primitive times and of the mutations which happened to them in the succeeding ages gathered out of the works of the ancient fathers and doctors of the church / by John Lloyd, B.D., presbyter of the church of North-Mimmes in Hertfordshire.	Lloyd, John, Presbyter of the Church of North-Mimmes.	1660 (1660)	Wing L2655A; ESTC R21763	79,334	101

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four_o council_n of_o carthage_n in_o these_o word_n 2._o can._n 2._o when_o a_o bishop_n be_v ordain_v lay_v and_o hold_v the_o book_n of_o the_o evangelist_n upon_o his_o head_n and_o neck_n and_o one_o bishop_n pronounce_v the_o benediction_n over_o he_o let_v the_o rest_n of_o the_o bishop_n present_v touch_v his_o head_n with_o their_o hand_n the_o church_n never_o account_v any_o to_o be_v capable_a of_o this_o episcopal_a ordination_n that_o be_v not_o first_o ordain_v a_o presbyter_n the_o manner_n of_o who_o ordination_n be_v that_o the_o bishop_n blessing_n he_o say_v receive_v the_o holy_a ghost_n whosoever_o sin_n you_o shall_v remit_v 3._o council_n earth_n can_v 3._o etc._n etc._n and_o lay_v his_o hand_n upon_o his_o head_n the_o presbyter_n present_v lay_v their_o hand_n upon_o his_o head_n by_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o bishop_n there_o be_v a_o 13._o a_o tert._n the_o prescript_n c._n 41._o cyprian_a epist_n ad_fw-la