Selected quad for the lemma: state_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
state_n	babylon_n	church_n	rome_n	1,170	5	7.9136	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66418	A sermon preached at the Northampton-shire feast, November 8, 1683 being the first general meeting of such citizens and inhabitants in London, as were born within that county / by John Williams ...	Williams, John, 1636?-1709.	1684 (1684)	Wing W2725; ESTC R7241	20,162	36

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