Selected quad for the lemma: nation_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nation_n	holy_a	people_n	priesthood_n	1,806	5	9.9741	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A38705	Eucharistia, or, A Grateful acknowledgment unto heaven for the happy discovery of the late horrid plot with some brief and yet plain relmarques upon that hellish conspiracy : delivered in a discours unto a country auditory upon September IX, 1683 : being a day of publique and solemn thanksgiving appointed by authority for the said wonderful and blessed deliveranc / by a country parson.		1684 (1684)	Wing E3386; ESTC R31451	17,663	30

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