Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	call_v	chief_a	province_n	5,625	4	8.4072	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31025	The Dutch way of toleration, most proper for our English dissenters	Baron, William, b. 1636.	1698 (1698)	Wing B895; ESTC R24730	20,692	25

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