Selected quad for the lemma: prayer_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prayer_n	according_a	lord_n	word_n	3,224	5	3.9588	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05036	A collection of certain letters and conferences lately passed betvvixt certaine preachers & tvvo prisoners in the Fleet	Barrow, Henry, 1550?-1593.; Greenwood, John, d. 1593.	1590 (1590)	STC 1518.5; ESTC S121987	59,993	78

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