Selected quad for the lemma: order_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
order_n	abbess_n	abbot_n	prior_n	18	3	10.9017	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78196	Venus in the cloister, Or The nun in her smock. In curious dialogues, addressed to the Lady Abbess of Loves Paradice, / by the Abbot Du Prat. ; Done out of French.; Venus dans le cloitre ou La religieuse en chemise. English	Barrin, Jean, ca. 1640-1718.	1683 (1683)	Wing B920B; ESTC R174889	52,352	174

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