Selected quad for the lemma: justice_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
justice_n	baron_n	edward_n	sir_n	2,592	5	6.5730	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26024	The institution, laws & ceremonies of the most noble Order of the Garter collected and digested into one body by Elias Ashmole ...	Ashmole, Elias, 1617-1692.; Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677.; Sherwin, William, fl. 1670-1710.	1672 (1672)	Wing A3983; ESTC R16288	1,216,627	828

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