Selected quad for the lemma: power_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
power_n	ceremony_n	church_n	rite_n	2,845	5	10.3412	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A95018	A true coppie of the declaration published at Sanqhair upon the tenth day of August 1692		1693 (1693)	Wing T2642; ESTC R229925	11,845	14

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