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
A36542	A speech made to His Grace the Duke of Ormond Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and to the Lords of His Majesties most Honorable Privy Council to return the humble thanks of the French Protestants lately arriv'd in this kingdom, and graciously reliev'd by them / by P. Drelincourt.	Drelincourt, Peter, 1644-1722.; Ormonde, James Butler, Duke of, 1610-1688.	1682 (1682)	Wing D2163; ESTC R19189	3,157	8

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