Selected quad for the lemma: kingdom_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
kingdom_n	call_v	honour_n	king_n	2,041	5	3.5204	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67149	Bishop Wrens petition to the Parliament in defence of episcopacie in the behalf of himself and the rest of the bishops wherein he endeavours to ebreviate and lessen the libertie of the subject : being his sole resolution to extenmate the priviledge of Parliament : as also how his most expeciall intents	Wren, Matthew, 1585-1667.	1642 (1642)	Wing W3679; ESTC R9031	1,648	7

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