Selected quad for the lemma: state_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
state_n	king_n	majesty_n	secretary_n	1,334	5	9.9561	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51200	The characters or pourtraicts of the present court of France wherein is described the king, the princes, the generals and the principal ministers of state &c. / written originally in French ; made English by J.B., Gent.; Divers portraits. English	Montpensier, Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orléans, duchesse de, 1627-1693.; Bulteel, John, fl. 1683.	1668 (1668)	Wing M2507; ESTC R18747	32,064	144

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