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	holy_a	scripture_n	1,551	5	5.6936	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03312	The noblenesse of the asse A worke rare, learned, and excellent. By A.B.; Nobilita dell'asino. English	Banchieri, Adriano, d. 1634.	1595 (1595)	STC 1343; ESTC S104471	32,473	62

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