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	betoken_v	long_a	27	3	8.3679	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00363	A booke called in latyn Enchiridion militis christiani, and in englysshe the manuell of the christen knyght replenysshed with moste holsome preceptes, made by the famous clerke Erasmus of Roterdame, to the whiche is added a newe and meruaylous profytable preface.; Enchiridion militis Christiani. English	Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536.; Tyndale, William, d. 1536.	1533 (1533)	STC 10479; ESTC S105494	175,025	343

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