Selected quad for the lemma: reason_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
reason_n	ceremonial_a	law_n	moral_a	2,752	5	9.7768	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28181	A sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons, November 5, 1689 by P. Birch ...	Birch, Peter, 1652?-1710.	1689 (1689)	Wing B2938; ESTC R19813	10,539	40

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