Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	name_n	praise_n	praise_v	15,746	5	8.8557	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35693	Berwicks beauty, or, A church erecting there	Denton, Robert, 17th cent.	1650 (1650)	Wing D1063; ESTC R20404	4,858	16

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