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	power_n	secular_a	1,359	5	10.4493	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03221	Carpenters chippes, or, Simple tokens of vnfeined good will to the Christian friends of Iames Balmford ...	Balmford, James, b. 1556.	1607 (1607)	STC 1334; ESTC S1169	25,047	71

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