Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	christian_a	church_n	religion_n	1,340	5	5.5492	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43314	The government and order of the Church of Scotland	Henderson, Alexander, 1583?-1646.	1641 (1641)	Wing H1432; ESTC R221287	31,992	84

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