Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	affection_n	life_n	love_v	3,278	5	5.8521	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08266	The rule of the most blissed Father Saint Benedict patriarke of all munkes; Regula. English	Benedict, Saint, Abbot of Monte Cassino.; Gray, Alexia.; Brussels (Belgium). Our Blessed Lady the Perpetuall Virgin Mary (Abbey of Benedictine nuns)	1632 (1632)	STC 1860; ESTC S101606	38,831	122

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chapter_n 53._o you_o must_v take_v good_a heed_n that_o one_o sister_n presume_v not_o to_o defend_v or_o bear_v out_o another_o in_o the_o monastery_n for_o what_o cause_n soever_o though_o they_o be_v never_o so_o familiar_a and_o near_a in_o blood_n and_o in_o no_o sort_n let_v this_o be_v presume_v by_o the_o sister_n for_o thereby_o great_a occasion_n of_o schandall_n may_v arise_v and_o if_o any_o transgress_v this_o rule_n let_v she_o be_v severe_o punish_v that_o one_o may_v not_o presume_v to_o strike_v another_o chapter_n 54_o to_o the_o end_n that_o all_o manner_n of_o presumption_n may_v be_v exclude_v out_o of_o the_o monastery_n we_o ordain_v and_o appoynte_v that_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o any_o to_o excommunicate_v or_o strike_v the_o sisser_n except_v she_o only_o to_o who_o this_o authority_n be_v give_v by_o the_o abbess_n butt_v let_v those_o that_o offend_v be_v reprehend_v before_o the_o rest_n that_o other_o thereby_o may_v be_v keep_v in_o more_o awe_n 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