Selected quad for the lemma: saint_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
saint_n	church_n	day_n	dedicate_v	1,586	5	10.9303	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51924	Maria misera miseranda, or, A brief relation of the life and death of an unfortunate young maid in the county of Desmond in Ireland together with the most horrid murder of her lover, an English-man, committed by the father of the said virgin.		1674 (1674)	Wing M597A; ESTC R13332	6,997	12

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