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	rest_n	3,546	5	7.5027	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07650	Diana of George of Montemayor: translated out of Spanish into English by Bartholomew Yong of the Middle Temple Gentleman; Diana. English	Montemayor, Jorge de, 1520?-1561.; Pérez, Alonso. aut; Polo, Gaspar Gil, 1516?-1591? Diana enamorada. English. aut; Yong, Bartholomew, 1560-1621?	1598 (1598)	STC 18044; ESTC S122233	548,378	498

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