Selected quad for the lemma: woman_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
woman_n	marriage_n	marry_v	wife_n	3,975	5	6.7993	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A55345	The life of the right honourable and religious Lady Christian[a], late Countess Dowager of Devonshire	Pomfret, Thomas, d. 1705.	1685 (1685)	Wing P2799; ESTC R3342	19,382	111

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