Selected quad for the lemma: honour_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
honour_n	church_n	great_a	high_a	1,332	5	4.9990	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29120	A præsent for Cæsar of 100,000 l. in hand and 50,000 l. a year / by Thomas Bradley ...	Bradley, Thomas, 1597-1670.	1658 (1658)	Wing B4135; ESTC R32858	8,956	65

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