Selected quad for the lemma: master_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
master_n	child_n	servant_n	wife_n	7,379	5	6.5654	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43269	A sermon preached before the University of Oxford, December 4, 1687 concerning the obligation of oaths / by Henry Hellier.	Hellier, Henry, 1662?-1697.	1688 (1688)	Wing H1380; ESTC R25426	17,892	36

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