Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	abhor_v	anger_n	zion_n	34	3	8.4673	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48098	A letter from the protesters with an answer thereunto, from an asserter of the authority of the two late general assemblies, at Dundee and Edinburgh.	Asserter of the authority of the late general assemblies of Dundee and Edinburgh.	1653 (1653)	Wing L1538; ESTC R9563	23,439	32

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