Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	honourable_a	lord_n	sir_n	4,562	4	6.1811	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A95687	That the right both of chusing sheriffs, and of admitting them to, or precluding them from, the relieving themselves by fine, is solely inthe [sic] Common-Hall briefly opened and defended.	Bethel, Slingsby, 1617-1697.	1689 (1689)	Wing T840A; ESTC R42914	4,788	4

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