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	province_n	unite_a	2,579	5	10.4909	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49730	The speech of His Grace the Duke of Lauderdale, His Majesties high-commissioner from the kingdom of Scotland, to the Parliament there, the twelfth of November, 1673	Lauderdale, John Maitland, Duke of, 1616-1682.	1673 (1673)	Wing L614; ESTC R26047	1,684	7

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