Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	advance_v	holy_a	zion_n	54	3	8.8659	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43253	The legend of St. Cuthbert with the antiquities of the Church of Durham / by B.R., Esq.	Hegge, Robert, 1599-1629.; R. B. (Richard Baddeley)	1663 (1663)	Wing H1370; ESTC R15307	20,137	102

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