Selected quad for the lemma: honour_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
honour_n	earl_n	lord_n	viscount_n	2,547	5	11.7917	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51516	Greenwich-park a comedy acted at the Theatre-Royal, by Their Majesties servants / written by William Mountfort.	Mountfort, William, 1664?-1692.	1691 (1691)	Wing M2973; ESTC R11791	59,657	74

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