Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	church_n	day_n	holy_a	18,897	5	5.6068	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11248	Merry iests, concerning popes, monkes, and friers Whereby is discouered their abuses and errors &c. Written first in Italian by N.S. and thence translated into French by G.I. and now out of French into English, by R.W. Bac. of Arts of H.H. in Oxon.	N. S., fl. 1617.; Willet, Roland, b. 1588 or 9.	1617 (1617)	STC 21510; ESTC S110774	55,403	144

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