Selected quad for the lemma: order_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
order_n	aaron_n	according_a	bring_v	96	3	4.8751	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86056	The life of the apostle St Paul, written in French by the famous Bishop of Grasse, and now Englished by a person of honour.	Godeau, Antoine, 1605-1672.	1653 (1653)	Wing G923; Thomason E1546_1; ESTC R209455	108,894	368

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