Selected quad for the lemma: order_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
order_n	day_n	great_a	time_n	3,904	5	3.2951	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A97082	Alter Britanniæ heros: or The life of the most honourable knight, Sir Henry Gage, late Governour of Oxford, epitomiz'd.	Walsingham, Edward, d. 1663.	1645 (1645)	Wing W648; Thomason E303_6; ESTC R200291	20,449	31

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