Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	christian_a	church_n	religion_n	1,340	5	5.5492	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43700	A sermon preached before the honourable House of Commons, at St Margaret's Westminster, on Sunday the 19th of October, 1690 being the thanksgiving-day for the wonderful preservation of His Majesties person, &c. / by Charles Hickman.	Hickman, Charles, 1648-1713.	1690 (1690)	Wing H1898; ESTC R11219	12,974	30

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