Selected quad for the lemma: act_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
act_n	majesty_n	parliament_n	session_n	4,493	5	10.3217	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B05099	Reasons for restoring of the summer session		1686 (1686)	Wing R509; ESTC R182425	3,621	6

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