Selected quad for the lemma: saint_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
saint_n	pray_v	prayer_n	supplication_n	1,875	5	11.3215	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42781	Demonologia sacra, or, A treatise of Satan's temptations in three parts / by Richard Gilpin.	Gilpin, Richard, 1625-1700.	1677 (1677)	Wing G777; ESTC R8221	552,054	651

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