Selected quad for the lemma: prayer_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prayer_n	ceremony_n	church_n	rite_n	2,015	5	9.5563	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29238	Mercurius Britanicus, or, The English intelligencer a tragic-comedy at Paris : acted with great applause.; Mercurius Britannicus. English	Brathwaite, Richard, 1588?-1673.	1641 (1641)	Wing B4270; ESTC R16567	17,737	35

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