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	name_n	son_n	5,947	4	5.1300	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07567	Minucius Felix his dialogne [sic] called Octavius Containing a defence of Christian religion. Translated by Richard Iames of C.C.C. Oxon.; Octavius. English	Minucius Felix, Marcus.; James, Richard, 1592-1638.	1636 (1636)	STC 17953; ESTC S112688	38,739	185

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