Selected quad for the lemma: tradition_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
tradition_n	according_a	gather_v	sunshine_n	28	3	15.1786	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35381	Pharmacopœia Londinensis, or, The London dispensatory further adorned by the studies and collections of the Fellows, now living of the said colledg ... / by Nich. Culpeper, Gent.; Pharmacopoeia Londinensis. English	Royal College of Physicians of London.; Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616-1654.	1653 (1653)	Wing C7525; ESTC R2908	351,910	220

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