Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	day_n	holy_a	lord_n	6,251	5	4.5326	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01077	The bitter vvaters of Babylon, or The miserable estate of the citizens of Sion considered by the confusion of all things in this world.	Forsyth, James, fl. 1615-1619.	1615 (1615)	STC 11191; ESTC S121939	26,614	42

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