Selected quad for the lemma: kingdom_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
kingdom_n	lord_n	majesty_n	viscount_n	1,962	5	11.8277	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27526	The present state of France containing a general description of that kingdom corrected and purged from the many gross mistakes in the French copy, enriched with additional observations and remarks of the new compiler, and digested into a method conformable to that of the state of England / by R.W. ...	Wolley, Richard, fl. 1667-1694.; Besongne, Nicolas, d. 1697.	1687 (1687)	Wing B2052A; ESTC R1280	281,972	540

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