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
A60613	Two sermons preached at the Cathedral Church of Norwich the one upon the 3d of May being Wednesday in Rogation week, the other upon the 29th day of May being the solemnization of His Majesties birth and restauration / by William Smith, D.D., Preb.	Smith, William, b. 1615 or 16.	1677 (1677)	Wing S4284; ESTC R23652	19,007	40

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