Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	law_n	obedience_n	require_v	3,312	5	7.2188	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49341	A letter to the Bishop of Sarum being an answer to his Lordships pastoral letter / from a minister in the countrey.	Lowthorp, John, 1658 or 9-1724.	1690 (1690)	Wing L3334; ESTC R5173	43,367	44

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