Selected quad for the lemma: majesty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
majesty_n	father_n	holy_a	son_n	11,756	5	7.0804	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67023	A sermon preached at the Oxfordshire-feast, Novemb. 25. 1674 in the church of St. Michael's Cornhill, London / by John Woolley ...	Woolley, John, b. 1645 or 6.	1675 (1675)	Wing W3525; ESTC R10339	13,609	42

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