Selected quad for the lemma: ground_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	hear_v	receive_v	word_n	3,147	5	5.3302	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A32800	Of Episcopal confirmation in two discourses / by B. Camfield.	Camfield, Benjamin, 1638-1693.	1682 (1682)	Wing C381; ESTC R14520	52,623	130

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