Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	call_v	father_n	great_a	1,164	5	3.0841	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57229	The canon of the New Testament vindicated in answer to the objections of J.T. in his Amyntor / by John Richardson.	Richardson, John, 1647-1725?	1700 (1700)	Wing R1384; ESTC R26990	87,759	146

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