Selected quad for the lemma: fire_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
fire_n	altar_n	offer_v	sacrifice_n	2,486	5	7.5721	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35198	A congratulation in honour of the annual festival of the lords, knights, esq. and yeomandry of the county of Hertford, at Merchant Taylors Hall, on Thursday Sept. 6, 1655 ...	Crouch, John, fl. 1660-1681.	1655 (1655)	Wing C7292; ESTC R40363	1,007	1

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