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	great_a	year_n	5,893	4	4.5292	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31405	A sermon preached in a country-audience on the late day of fasting and prayer, January 30 by a priest of the Church of England.	Cave, John, d. 1690.	1679 (1679)	Wing C1585; ESTC R36288	19,279	33

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