Selected quad for the lemma: prayer_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prayer_n	pray_v	spirit_n	supplication_n	6,826	5	11.2274	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12996	A treatise on the First Psalme. By Mathew Stonham. Minister and preacher in the cittie of Norwich	Stoneham, Mathew.	1610 (1610)	STC 23289; ESTC S117850	168,319	238

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