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
A90957	A paradox. That designe upon religion, was not the cause of state misgovernment: but an effect of it.		1644 (1644)	Wing P332; Thomason E19_7; ESTC R17629	7,451	15

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