Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	christian_a	good_a	great_a	1,688	4	2.1264	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43627	The lay-clergy, or, The lay-elder in a short essay in answer to this query : whether it be lawful for persons in holy orders to exercise temporal offices, honours, jurisdictions and authorities : with arguments and objections on both sides, poyz'd and indifferently weigh'd / by Edm. Hickeringil ...	Hickeringill, Edmund, 1631-1708.	1695 (1695)	Wing H1818; ESTC R10850	22,034	36

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statute_n hen._n 8.21_o 13._o call_n lay_v fee._n pride_n and_o popery_n first_o make_v this_o distinction_n make_v a_o impropriation_n of_o the_o name_n clergy_n or_o god's-lot_n to_o the_o divine_n who_o call_v themselves_o also_o spiritual_a person_n and_o ecclesiastical_a person_n and_o churchman_n as_o if_o god_n have_v no_o churchman_n but_o cassock-man_n nor_o any_o saint_n but_o such_o as_o be_v in_o holy_a order_n and_o what_o i_o pray_v be_v enter_v into_o holy_a order_n other_o than_o be_v commission_v or_o authorize_v to_o do_v such_o and_o such_o act_n by_o man_n of_o authority_n so_o to_o ordain_v thus_o the_o king_n ordain_v judge_n and_o justice_n by_o commission_n judges_n ordain_v gentleman_n in_o the_o country_n to_o represent_v themselves_o in_o many_o case_n by_o take_v fine_n deposition_n etc._n etc._n by_o commission_n too_o or_o dedimus_fw-la potestatem_fw-la the_o king_n ordain_v or_o order_n the_o dean_n and_o chapter_n to_o elect_n a._n b._n to_o be_v a_o 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