Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	day_n	great_a	word_n	11,193	5	3.8155	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A84289	An exhortation directed to the elders of the several congregations within this province of Lancaster. By the Provincial Assembly at Preston, May 1. 1655.	Preston (Lancashire, England). Provincial Assembly.	1655 (1655)	Wing E3866; Thomason E850_18; ESTC R207413	9,123	16

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