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	lord_n	week_n	2,075	5	9.7497	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40299	To the ministers, teachers, and priests (so called and so stileing your selves) in Barbadoes by George Fox.	Fox, George, 1624-1691.	1672 (1672)	Wing F1957; ESTC R36426	49,015	79

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