Selected quad for the lemma: order_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
order_n	honourable_a	majesty_n	privy_a	2,290	5	9.6825	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29294	The Happy slave a novel in three parts compleat / translated from the French by a person of quality.	Brémond, Gabriel de.; Person of quality.	1686 (1686)	Wing B4349_VARIANT; ESTC R35379	121,054	312

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