Selected quad for the lemma: war_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
war_n	battle_n	great_a	king_n	4,169	5	3.5753	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37813	Eclectical chiliasm, or, A discourse concerning the state of things from the beginning of the Millennium to the end of the world	T. F., 17th cent.	1700 (1700)	Wing E157A; ESTC R171901	22,921	80

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