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	person_n	989	5	4.6682	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68826	A treatise co[n]cernynge diuers of the constitucyons prouynciall and legantines	Saint German, Christopher, 1460?-1540, attributed name.	1535 (1535)	STC 24236; ESTC S118513	34,179	112

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