Selected quad for the lemma: power_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
power_n	king_n	law_n	prerogative_n	9,741	5	10.5060	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33190	The city of Londons loyal plea, or, A rational stating the case concerning the election of sheriffs for the city of London and county of Middlesex		1682 (1682)	Wing C4358; ESTC R15375	5,089	8

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