Selected quad for the lemma: justice_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
justice_n	knight_n	sir_n	thomas_n	12,947	5	9.6515	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62734	Notitia monastica, or, A short history of the religious houses in England and Wales by Thomas Tanner ...	Tanner, Thomas, 1674-1735.	1695 (1695)	Wing T144; ESTC R668	166,591	415

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