Selected quad for the lemma: order_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
order_n	apostle_n	church_n	rule_n	2,377	5	7.0363	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B00272	A poore mans mite. A letter of a religious man of the Order of Saint Benedict, vnto a sister of his, concerning the rosarie or psalter of our blessed Ladie, commonly called the Beades.	Batt, Antonie.	1639 (1639)	STC 1589.5; ESTC S90417	14,190	74

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