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	majesty_n	privy_a	10,396	5	9.6495	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11917	The ninth tragedie of Lucius Anneus Seneca called Octauia. Translated out of Latine into English, by T.N. student in Cambridge; Octavia (Praetexta). English.	T. N. (Thomas Nuce), d. 1617.; Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D., attributed name.	1566 (1566)	STC 22229; ESTC S110938	25,224	58

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