Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	city_n	london_n	mayor_n	10,714	5	9.7889	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39742	A sermon preached at Guild-Hall chapel, December the xi, 1692 before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, and Court of Aldermen / by W. Fleetwood ...	Fleetwood, William, 1656-1723.	1693 (1693)	Wing F1254; ESTC R20983	13,564	30

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