Selected quad for the lemma: nation_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nation_n	great_a	king_n	year_n	4,303	5	4.8153	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11748	The ordour and doctrine of the generall faste appointed be the generall assemblie of the kirkes of Scotland, halden at Edinburgh the 25. day of December. 1565 ...	Church of Scotland. Presbytery of England.; Knox, John, ca. 1514-1572.; Craig, John, 1512?-1600.	1566 (1566)	STC 22041; ESTC S113445	34,568	114

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