Selected quad for the lemma: act_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
act_n	king_n	parliament_n	sovereign_a	3,527	5	9.3552	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16091	On Saynt Andrewes day the Gospels with brief sermo[n]s vpon them for al the holy dayes in y[e] yere.; Bible. N.T. Gospels. English. Taverner.	Taverner, Richard, 1505?-1575.	1542 (1542)	STC 2970; ESTC S193	79,664	130

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