Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	council_n	majesty_n	privy_a	11,336	5	9.5907	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B03783	Information, for Sir John, Hall Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Robert Chiesly and James Bowdoun baillies, Sir Archibald Muir, Patrick Halyburtoun, William Meinzies, William Hutcheson, and George Stirling. Against James McLurg, George Clerk, Robert Blackwood, William Paton and others.	Hall, John, Sir, fl. 1692.	1692 (1692)	Wing I164K; ESTC R178654	11,483	12

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