Selected quad for the lemma: sin_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sin_n	law_n	rule_n	transgression_n	3,242	5	10.6596	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A95748	Noli me tangere, or, A thing to be thought on. Scilicet, vox carnis sacræ clamantis ab altare ad aquilam sacrilegam, noli me tangere, ne te perdam.	Udall, Ephraim, d. 1647.; Marshall, William, fl. 1617-1650.	1642 (1642)	Wing U12; Thomason E133_4	22,793	48

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