Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	honourable_a	london_n	right_n	15,695	5	6.6784	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20776	The catechisers holy encouragement to the profitable exercise of catechising in the Church of England	Downing, Thomas.	1623 (1623)	STC 7158.5; ESTC S4617	16,779	34

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