Selected quad for the lemma: hand_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
hand_n	offer_v	priest_n	sacrifice_n	4,643	5	7.9184	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30957	The sacrifice a short sermon upon Psal. 51, 17, at St. Maries in Oxford, Sept. 3, 1637 / by Clement Barksdale ...	Barksdale, Clement, 1609-1687.	1655 (1655)	Wing B807; ESTC R38543	12,685	62

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