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	parliament_n	sovereign_a	5,223	5	9.3738	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66416	A sermon preached upon the fifth of November, 1678. By a Protestant divine	Williams, John, 1636?-1709.	1678 (1678)	Wing W2723; ESTC R214125	17,281	35

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