Selected quad for the lemma: majesty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
majesty_n	earl_n	lord_n	secretary_n	6,250	5	11.5882	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58003	The present state of the Ottoman Empire containing the maxims of the Turkish politie, the most material points of the Mahometan religion, their sects and heresies, their convents and religious votaries, their military discipline ... : illustrated with divers pieces of sculpture, representing the variety of habits amongst the Turks, in three books / by Paul Rycaut Esq. ...	Rycaut, Paul, Sir, 1628-1700.	1668 (1668)	Wing R2413; ESTC R18075	228,446	228

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chap._n ix_o of_o the_o eunuch_n 35_o of_o the_o black_a eunuch_n and_o apartment_n of_o the_o woman_n 37_o chap._n x._o of_o the_o agiamoglan_n 40_o chap._n xi_o of_o the_o vizier_n azem_n or_o prime_a vizier_n his_o office_n the_o other_o six_o vizier_n of_o the_o bench_n and_o of_o the_o divan_n or_o place_n of_o judicature_n 43_o chap._n xii_o of_o the_o office_n dignity_n and_o several_a government_n of_o the_o empire_n 51_o chap._n xiii_o in_o what_o manner_n the_o tartar_n have_fw-mi depend_v on_o the_o turk_n 57_o chap._n fourteen_o of_o the_o tributary_n prince_n to_o the_o turk_n viz._n the_o moldavian_n valachian_n transilvanian_o ragusean_o etc._n etc._n 60_o chap._n xv._n the_o desolation_n and_o ruin_n which_o the_o turk_n make_v of_o their_o own_o country_n in_o asia_n and_o the_o part_n most_o remote_a from_o the_o imperial_a seat_n esteem_v one_o cause_n of_o the_o conservation_n of_o the_o empire_n 67_o chap._n xvi_o all_o hereditary_a succession_n in_o government_n 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