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	great_a	king_n	1,192	5	3.6505	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41036	The life of that reverend divine, and learned historian, Dr. Thomas Fuller	Fell, John, 1625-1686.	1661 (1661)	Wing F616; ESTC R4382	29,554	118

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