Selected quad for the lemma: majesty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
majesty_n	letter_n	lord_n	precedent_n	3,537	5	11.1764	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40544	A Full and impartial account of all the secret consults, negotiations, stratagems, and intriegues of the Romish party in Ireland, from 1660, to this present year 1689, for the settlement of popery in that kingdom		1689 (1689)	Wing F2282; ESTC R493	82,015	159

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