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
A87907	To His Excellency, General Monck A letter from the gentlemen of Devon : in answer to his Lordships of January 23. to them directed from Leicester.	L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704, attributed name.; Albemarle, George Monck, Duke of, 1608-1670.	1660 (1660)	Wing L1313A; Thomason 669.f.23[23]; ESTC R205566	3,024	1

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