Selected quad for the lemma: tradition_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
tradition_n	book_n	receive_v	scripture_n	2,071	5	6.0510	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27207	Considerations on a book, entituled The theory of the earth, publisht some years since by the Dr. Burnet	Beaumont, John, d. 1731.	1693 (1693)	Wing B1620; ESTC R170484	132,774	195

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