Selected quad for the lemma: prayer_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prayer_n	church_n	know_v	pray_v	3,525	5	5.9539	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51391	The Bishop of VVorcester's letter to a friend for vindication of himself from Mr. Baxter's calumny	Morley, George, 1597-1684.	1662 (1662)	Wing M2790; ESTC R697	25,939	52

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