Selected quad for the lemma: prayer_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prayer_n	aaron_n	abel_n	moses_n	18	3	5.6166	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54811	The two first books of Philostratus, concerning the life of Apollonius Tyaneus written originally in Greek, and now published in English : together with philological notes upon each chapter / by Charles Blount, Gent.; Life of Apollonius of Tyana. Book 1-2. English	Philostratus, the Athenian, 2nd/3rd cent.; Blount, Charles, 1654-1693.	1680 (1680)	Wing P2132; ESTC R4123	358,678	281

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