Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	baron_n	earl_n	sir_n	16,189	5	6.3303	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41984	Elegies of old age made English from the Latin of Cn. Cornelivs Gallvs.; Elegiae. English	Maximianus, 6th cent.; Walker, Hovenden, Sir, 1656?-1728.; Gallus, Gaius Cornelius, 69?-26 B.C.	1688 (1688)	Wing G181A; ESTC R11044	28,218	106

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