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
B05306	Edinburgh, the 16 day of June, one thousand six hundred seventy and four years. Act assuring a reward to any who shall apprehend some rebels and others.	Scotland. Privy Council.	1674 (1674)	Wing S1405; ESTC R182981	1,156	1

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