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	keep_v	week_n	11,303	5	10.2397	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40510	From our half years meeting in Dublin, the 9th 10th and 11th days of the 9th month 1691 To all friends in this nation of Ireland, or elsewhere. ...	Edmundson, William, 1627-1712. aut; Fuller, Abraham, d. 1694. aut; Strettell, Amos. aut	1691 (1691)	Wing F2239A; ESTC R215131	2,828	7

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