Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	blood_n	body_n	sacrament_n	22,235	5	7.4969	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13256	The confescion of the fayth of the Sweserla[n]des	Schweizerischer Evangerlischer Kirchenbund.; Wishart, George, 1513?-1546.	1548 (1548)	STC 23553; ESTC S107832	7,516	30

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