Selected quad for the lemma: head_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
head_n	ephraim_n	hand_n	left_a	2,932	5	12.0419	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09266	An introduction to the worthy receiving the sacrament of the Lords Supper by that late learned minister of Gods holy word, William Pemble ... ; published since his death by his friend.	Pemble, William, 1592?-1623.; Capel, Richard, 1586-1656.	1633 (1633)	STC 19580.5; ESTC S2842	67,079	98

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