Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	aaron_n	appoint_v	calf_n	22	3	10.5130	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61499	Several short, but seasonable discourses touching common and private prayer relating to the publick offices of the church / by a divine of the Church of England.	Steward, Richard, 1593?-1651.	1684 (1684)	Wing S5525; ESTC R7767	35,778	130

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