Selected quad for the lemma: kingdom_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
kingdom_n	king_n	lord_n	sovereign_a	9,035	5	9.8077	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40603	The full and vvhole proceedings of the new high-court of justice: or The non-such commission of the peace, and oyer and terminer, held at the capital city of the high and mighty prince the Eagle, near the forest of Eppingia, in the fam'd hollow oak, being the Guild-Hall of the said city, perform'd to morrow, being the 11th of the Greek kalends of the next month, 1691. and the first year before His Majesty's reign design'd for the special preservation of the peace of Aviarium, or the kingdom of birds: with the tryal and examination of the two late notorious criminals, the Magpie and Black-Bird.		1691 (1691)	Wing F2338A; ESTC R214644	5,122	5

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