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	good_a	holy_a	1,105	5	4.0458	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44218	A modest plea for the Church of England by Richard Hollingworth ...	Hollingworth, Richard, 1607-1656.	1676 (1676)	Wing H2495; ESTC R7010	76,028	182

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