Selected quad for the lemma: tradition_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
tradition_n	life_n	live_v	phoenix_n	40	3	16.0893	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70514	A theological systeme upon the presupposition, that men were before Adam the first part.; Systerna theologicum ex praeadamitarum hypothesi. English	La Peyrère, Isaac de, 1594-1676.	1655 (1655)	Wing L427; ESTC R7377	191,723	375

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