Selected quad for the lemma: prince_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prince_n	absolute_a	king_n	power_n	4,548	5	5.5277	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27357	David and Saul, or, His Majesty's case and his enemies preached on the occasion of the Association / by T.B.	T. B., countrey minister of the Church of England.	1696 (1696)	Wing B180A; ESTC R25900	13,227	31

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