Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	pray_v	prayer_n	time_n	3,922	5	4.3812	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B09956	Several sermons: some preached in England, and some in the island of Barbadoes in America upon several occasions. / By Robert Scamler ...	Scamler, Robert, b. 1653 or 4.	1685 (1685)	Wing S807C; ESTC R223226	52,095	91

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