Selected quad for the lemma: prayer_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prayer_n	den_n	house_n	thief_n	2,276	5	9.5409	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04409	A discouerie of the most secret and subtile practises of the Iesuites. Translated out of French		1610 (1610)	STC 14528; ESTC S107737	9,230	22

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