Selected quad for the lemma: kingdom_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
kingdom_n	great_a	king_n	law_n	10,463	5	4.6754	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85516	The grand case of England, so fiercely now disputed by fire and svvord, epitomized.		1643 (1643)	Wing G1487; Thomason E88_27; ESTC R1312	1,254	8

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