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	public_a	1,050	5	5.8664	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69591	The spirit of Christianity	Blount, Walter Kirkham, Sir, d. 1717.	1686 (1686)	Wing B3352; ESTC R19098	56,878	144

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