Selected quad for the lemma: war_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
war_n	city_n	great_a	king_n	6,203	5	3.6235	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85013	A fast sermon preached on innocents day by Thomas Fuller, B.D. Minister of the Savoy.	Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661.	1642 (1642)	Wing F2423; Thomason E86_16; ESTC R22109	16,581	34

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