Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	england_n	king_n	kingdom_n	17,928	5	6.2665	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B06314	Tvvo letters from the presbytery of Carrick-Fergus, to the Lord Ards, and his ansvver to the first of them	Mount-Alexander, Hugh Montgomery, Earl of, 1624 or 5-1663.; Church of Ireland. Diocese of Down, Connor, and Dromore.	1649 (1649)	Wing T3465A; ESTC R185824	2,946	3

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