Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	holy_a	place_n	scripture_n	3,179	5	5.3996	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06550	[Explicit liber primus de curia sapiencie]; Curia sapientiæ. English.	Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?, attributed name.	1480 (1480)	STC 17015; ESTC S100685	35,056	76

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