Selected quad for the lemma: state_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
state_n	church_n	government_n	monarchy_n	1,173	5	9.8725	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37104	The duty of subjects reinforc't, especially in the choice of their representatives to sit in Parliament in a letter to a friend, occasioned by His Majesty's most gracious declaration in Council.		1685 (1685)	Wing D2913; ESTC R3198	2,941	5

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