Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	afflict_v	israel_n	zion_n	61	3	9.0292	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A23606	Precious promises the portion of overcomers. / By John Lougher, minister of the Gospel.	Lougher, John, d. 1686.	1681 (1681)	Wing L3093B; ESTC R217742	97,531	281

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