Selected quad for the lemma: majesty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
majesty_n	john_n	sir_n	solicitor_n	2,734	5	14.3589	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61094	Reliquiæ Spelmannianæ the posthumous works of Sir Henry Spelman, Kt., relating to the laws and antiquities of England : publish'd from the original manuscripts : with the life of the author.	Spelman, Henry, Sir, 1564?-1641.; Gibson, Edmund, 1669-1748.	1698 (1698)	Wing S4930; ESTC R22617	259,395	258

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