Selected quad for the lemma: master_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
master_n	lord_n	servant_n	serve_v	7,269	5	6.9164	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33227	Obedience to magistrates recommended in a discourse upon Titus 3:1 preached September the ninth, 1683 by J.C.	Clapham, Jonathan.	1683 (1683)	Wing C4408; ESTC R29609	14,403	39

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