Selected quad for the lemma: prayer_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prayer_n	meditation_n	morning_n	night_n	6,381	5	10.0234	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59669	The sincere convert discovering the paucity of true beleevers and the great difficulty of saving conversion by Tho. Shepheard ....	Shepard, Thomas, 1605-1649.; Greenhill, William, 1591-1671.	1641 (1641)	Wing S3118; ESTC R9618	105,576	306

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