Selected quad for the lemma: honour_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
honour_n	doctrine_n	double_a	elder_n	1,742	5	9.4785	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77735	A brief ansvver to obiections of all sorts, against Presbyterian chvrches and their government.	Bakewell, Thomas, b. 1618 or 19.	1650 (1650)	Wing B528; Thomason E620_11; ESTC R206382	29,802	35

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