Selected quad for the lemma: judgement_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
judgement_n	authority_n	church_n	person_n	1,479	5	5.0691	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67269	A sermon preached at Great St. Marie's church in Cambridge before the Right Honourable the Lord Chief-Justice Holt, at the assizes held there, August 1, 1693 / by Tho. Walker ...	Walker, Thomas, 1658 or 9-1716.	1693 (1693)	Wing W416; ESTC R4995	18,815	38

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