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
B01410	Answers for Alexander Hamiltoun of Kinkel, to the petition given in be way of answer, for John Ayttoun of Kinaldy against him.	Hamilton, Alexander, of Kinkel, fl. 1695.	1695 (1695)	Wing A3463AA; ESTC R172385	3,895	4

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