Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	bishop_n	king_n	parliament_n	11,851	5	6.7308	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62130	Synodus Anglicana, or, The constitution and proceedings of an English convocation shown from the acts and registers thereof to be agreeable to the principles of an Episcopal church.	Gibson, Edmund, 1669-1748.	1672 (1672)	Wing S6383; ESTC R24103	233,102	544

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vnum_fw-la è_fw-la secretariis_fw-la suis_fw-la principalibus_fw-la &_o thesaurarium_fw-la hospitij_fw-la svi_fw-la regij_fw-la tanquam_fw-la nuncium_fw-la specialem_fw-la ad_fw-la hanc_fw-la domum_fw-la destinavit_fw-la eundemque_fw-la honorandum_fw-la virum_fw-la in_o capellâ_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la australi_fw-la huius_fw-la loci_fw-la praesentem_fw-la esse_fw-la ideóque_fw-la reverendissimus_fw-la pater_fw-la cum_fw-la consensu_fw-la confratrum_fw-la suorum_fw-la ad_fw-la se_fw-la accersiri_fw-la fecit_fw-la dictum_fw-la honorandum_fw-la virum_fw-la nec_fw-la non_fw-la dominum_fw-la prolocutorem_fw-la &_o totum_fw-la coetum_fw-la domûs_fw-la inferioris_fw-la qui_fw-la quidem_fw-la honorandus_fw-la vir_fw-la domum_fw-la hanc_fw-la convocationis_fw-la sive_fw-la sacrae_fw-la synodi_fw-la primò_fw-la intravit_fw-la ac_fw-la deinde_fw-la dominus_fw-la prolocutor_n cum_fw-la toto_fw-la coetu_fw-la domûs_fw-la inferioris_fw-la &_o dominus_fw-la archiepiscopus_a istius_fw-la 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synodo_fw-la ex_fw-la gratia_fw-la speciali_fw-la concedens_fw-la cum_fw-la dominis_n è_fw-la privato_fw-la svo_fw-la consilio_fw-la consultum_fw-la habuit_fw-la a_o hujusmodi_fw-la sacra_fw-la synodus_fw-la ad_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la canon_n &_o constitutiones_fw-la faciendum_fw-la procederet_fw-la necne_fw-la et_fw-la dicti_fw-la domini_fw-la unanimi_fw-la consensu_fw-la nullo_n eorum_fw-la dissentiente_fw-la vota_fw-la eorum_fw-la exhibuerunt_fw-la &_o tanquam_fw-la maximè_fw-la necessarium_fw-la adjudicarunt_fw-la ut_fw-la sacra_fw-la haec_fw-la synodus_fw-la ad_fw-la istos_fw-la canon_n juxta_fw-la potestatem_fw-la eidem_fw-la synodo_fw-la datam_fw-la faciendum_fw-la &_o concipiendum_fw-la procedat_fw-la ideóque_fw-la dictus_fw-la honorandus_fw-la vir_fw-la nomine_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la parte_fw-la dicti_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la hortatus_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la tale_n canon_n in_o brevi_fw-la tempore_fw-la fiant_fw-la quales_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la &_o praesenti_fw-la huic_fw-la statui_fw-la maximè_fw-la utiles_fw-la sint_fw-la et_fw-la subjunctâ_fw-la aliâ_fw-la brevi_fw-la oratione_fw-la per_fw-la reverendissimum_fw-la patrem_fw-la antedictum_fw-la praelatis_fw-la &_o toto_fw-la coetui_fw-la praedicto_fw-la cum_fw-la monitione_n nomine_fw-la dicti_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la ut_fw-la nullus_fw-la eorum_fw-la à_fw-la dictâ_fw-la sacrâ_fw-la synodo_fw-la discedat_fw-la donec_fw-la omne_fw-la juxta_fw-la mandatum_fw-la regium_fw-la praedictum_fw-la perimpleantur_fw-la idem_fw-la reverendissimus_fw-la pater_fw-la unà_fw-la cum_fw-la dicto_fw-la honorando_fw-la viro_fw-la à_fw-la dictâ_fw-la sacrâ_fw-la synodo_fw-la ad_fw-la consilium_fw-la ineund_n '_o come_v domino_fw-la rege_fw-la apud_fw-la whitehall_n recessit_fw-la et_fw-la post_fw-la aliquem_fw-la tractatum_fw-la inter_fw-la dominos_fw-la episcopos_fw-la antedictos_fw-la habitum_fw-la reverendus_fw-la pater_fw-la dominus_fw-la johannes_n sarum_n episcopus_fw-la &_o dicti_fw-la reverendissimi_fw-la patris_fw-la commissarius_fw-la sive_fw-la locumtenens_a continuavit_fw-la etc._n etc._n prout_fw-la in_o schedula_fw-la per_fw-la eum_fw-la lecta_fw-la continetur_fw-la cujus_fw-la etc._n etc._n sessio_fw-la xii_o die_fw-fr sabbathi_o 16_o viz._n die_v mensis_fw-la maij_fw-la anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1640_o inter_fw-la horas_fw-la octavam_fw-la &_o undecimam_fw-la ante_fw-la meridiem_fw-la etc._n etc._n reverendissimus_fw-la etc._n etc._n communicavit_fw-la cum_fw-la eisdem_fw-la dominis_n episcopis_fw-la et_fw-la inter_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la communicationes_fw-la comparuit_fw-la dominus_fw-la prolocutor_n cum_fw-la decanis_fw-la cant_n '_o &_o london_n &_o tradidit_fw-la in_o manus_fw-la dicti_fw-la reverendissimi_fw-la patris_fw-la quasdam_fw-la schedulas_n papyri_fw-la continentes_fw-la quaedam_fw-la capitula_fw-la canonum_fw-la per_fw-la eum_fw-la prolocutorem_fw-la &_o totum_fw-la clerum_fw-la domûs_fw-la

direct_v to_o proceed_v upon_o particular_a business_n by_o the_o archbishop_n and_o bishop_n 5_o 20_o 22_o 24_o 37_o 39_o 40_o 42_o 50_o 68_o 70_o 72_o 85_o 87_o 91_o 104_o 118_o 210._o lower-house_n go_v up_o voluntary_o 22_o 37_o 41_o 45_o 46_o 50_o 174_o 207_o 213_o 214_o 215._o lower-house_n bring_v up_o and_o return_v business_n 27_o 35_o 37_o 39_o 40_o 41_o 42_o 43_o 45_o 47_o 49_o 51_o 91_o 92_o 112_o 119_o 155_o 160_o 173_o 206_o 213_o 214_o 215._o m_o mandate_n from_o the_o archbishop_n for_o summon_v a_o convocation_n 9_o 57_o n_o notice_n give_v to_o the_o upper-house_n of_o person_n choose_v for_o committee_n in_o the_o low_a v._o committee_n o_o oblation_n unjust_o detain_v from_o the_o clergy_n 35._o offertory_n at_o the_o open_v of_o convocation_n 2._o ogleby_n bible_n 70._o ordination_n determine_v to_o the_o 4_o season_n 109._o not_o to_o be_v perform_v out_o of_o the_o diocese_n without_o letter_n dimissory_a from_o the_o archbishop_n 109._o p_o parliament_n prayer_n for_o it_o make_v in_o convocation_n 23_o 27._o thanks_o from_o the_o lord_n in_o parliament_n to_o the_o bishop_n and_o clergy_n for_o their_o care_n and_o labour_n in_o revise_v the_o common-prayer_n 106._o point_v whether_o lawful_a for_o bishop_n to_o sit_v in_o parliament_n in_o case_n of_o blood_n consider_v 99_o petition_v present_v to_o the_o lower-house_n lay_v before_o the_o upper_a 45_o 50._o from_o the_o clergy_n in_o the_o isle_n of_o wight_n 123._o by_o the_o bishop_n of_o norwich_n 124._o from_o the_o lower-clergy_n to_o the_o house_n of_o lord_n in_o the_o case_n of_o a_o money-bill_n 176_o 177._o plurality_n 172_o 2._o praeconization_n 139_o 163_o 167_o 170._o prayer_n common_a revise_v 84_o 85_o 86_o 87_o 92._o preface_n to_o it_o 90_o 93._o general_n thanksgiving_n 93._o general_n revisal_n of_o the_o whole_a 93._o subscription_n to_o it_o with_o the_o preparation_n of_o a_o form_n 94_o 95._o act_n of_o parliament_n for_o establish_v the_o common-prayer_n debate_v in_o convocation_n 98._o alteration_n make_v by_o parliament_n in_o the_o common-prayer_n debate_v in_o convocation_n 103._o order_n for_o print_v the_o book_n of_o common-prayer_n 104._o appointment_n of_o a_o supervisor_n and_o corrector_n 105._o thanks_o to_o the_o bishop_n and_o clergy_n from_o the_o house_n of_o lord_n for_o their_o care_n and_o labour_n in_o revise_v the_o common-prayer_n 106._o method_n of_o disperse_v the_o book_n of_o common-prayer_n 108._o prayer_n form_n of_o for_o the_o king_n restoration_n 67._o for_o the_o 30_o of_o january_n 67._o for_o the_o 5_o of_o november_n 110._o the_o three_o forego_v form_n bring_v in_o and_o approve_v 110._o prayer_n at_o sea_n 89_o 90._o prayer_n before_o sermon_n unica_fw-la forma_fw-la precum_fw-la 90._o privilege_n breach_n of_o 39_o prolocutor_n or_o referendary_a choose_a by_o order_n or_o leave_v from_o the_o archbishop_n at_o the_o begin_n of_o convocation_n 3_o 4_o 5_o 16_o 63_o 137_o 165_o 196._o choose_a in_o the_o 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of_o law_n or_o custom_n that_o appear_v to_o be_v burdensome_a or_o inconvenient_a anno_fw-la 1428._o the_o last_o day_n of_o convocation_n dominus_fw-la ex_fw-la assensu_fw-la confratrum_fw-la suorum_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la petitionem_fw-la cleri_fw-la poenam_fw-la in_o constitutione_n propter_fw-la excessiva_fw-la stipendia_fw-la capellanorum_fw-la tam_fw-la contra_fw-la dantes_fw-la quam_fw-la recipientes_fw-la latam_fw-la pro_fw-la parte_fw-la dantium_fw-la suspendit_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la proximam_fw-la convocationem_fw-la &_o ipsos_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la poenâ_fw-la minimè_fw-la involutos_fw-la fore_fw-la decrevit_fw-la anno_fw-la 1529._o sess_n 91._o prolocutor_n intrans_fw-la etc._n etc._n perijt_fw-la quòd_fw-la praesentati_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la beneficia_fw-la non_fw-la arctentar_fw-la per_fw-la diecesanos_n scripto_fw-la aliquo_fw-la obligatorio_n aut_fw-la poenâ_fw-la temporali_fw-la obligari_fw-la ad_fw-la resi_n ientiam_fw-la anno_fw-la 1541._o sess_n 20._o 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