Selected quad for the lemma: act_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
act_n	council_n	parliament_n	privy_a	2,717	5	9.7040	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93224	A Short state of the case between the physicians & the surgeons, relating to the surgeons bill, now before the honourable House of Commons		1690 (1690)	Wing S3630B; ESTC R42877	1,977	2

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