Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	abbey_n	build_v	cathedral_n	67	3	10.8576	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36798	Monasticon anglicanum, or, The history of the ancient abbies, and other monasteries, hospitals, cathedral and collegiate churches, in England and Wales with divers French, Irish, and Scotch monasteries formerly relating to England / collected, and published in Latin, by Sir William Dugdale, Knight ..., in three volums; and now epitomized in English, page by page; with sculptures of the several religious habits.; Monasticon anglicanum. English	Dugdale, William, Sir, 1605-1686.; Dodsworth, Roger, 1585-1654.; Stevens, John, d. 1726. History of the antient abbeys, monasteries, hospitals, cathedral and collegiate churches.; Wright, James, 1643-1713.	1693 (1693)	Wing D2487; ESTC R8166	281,385	375

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18_o s._n 7_o d._n per_fw-la annum_fw-la kilburn_n in_o middlesex_n a_o cell_n of_o westm._n in_o the_o reign_n of_o king_n henry_n the_o i._o herebertus_n abbot_n of_o westminster_n osbert_n de_fw-fr clara_n prior_n and_o the_o whole_a convent_n of_o westminster_n give_v a_o hermitage_n at_o kilburn_n to_o three_o maid_n emma_n gunilda_n and_o christina_n for_o a_o nunnery_n and_o endow_v the_o same_o with_o land_n and_o rent_n gilbert_n bishop_n of_o london_n give_v the_o jurisdiction_n of_o this_o cell_n of_o kilburn_n to_o the_o say_a abbot_n and_o his_o successor_n exempt_n it_o from_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o london_n for_o ever_o but_o new_a contest_v arise_v about_o this_o house_n between_o the_o bishop_n of_o london_n and_o abbot_n of_o westminster_n they_o come_v to_o a_o agreement_n in_o the_o year_n 1231._o that_o the_o bishop_n may_v visit_v the_o nunnery_n to_o preach_v to_o they_o and_o to_o hear_v their_o confession_n but_o without_o exact_v any_o 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