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_n	enrich_v	great_a	29	3	2.1235	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64160	Christmas in & out, or, Our Lord & Saviour Christs birth-day to the reader ... / [by] John Taylor.	Taylor, John, 1580-1653.	1652 (1652)	Wing T439; ESTC R37876	10,046	18

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