Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	apply_v	great_a	zion_n	24	3	8.7814	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B08852	Mount Sion, or, The priviledge and practice of the saints opened and applied by that faithful dispenser of the mysteries of Christ, Walter Cradock.	Cradock, Walter, 1606?-1659.	1673 (1673)	Wing C6763A; ESTC R174372	123,568	246

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