Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	church_n	communion_n	constant_a	1,569	5	10.1181	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31041	The remains of Mr. Joseph Barrett, son of the Reverend Mr. John Barrett, minister of the Gospel at Nottingham being the second part / taken out of an exact diary written by his own hand.	Barret, Joseph, 1665-1699.; Whitlock, John, 1625-1709.	1700 (1700)	Wing B912; ESTC R28353	124,876	236

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