Selected quad for the lemma: kingdom_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
kingdom_n	great_a	king_n	possess_v	2,300	5	7.8753	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07033	A pithie, and most earnest exhortation, concerning the estate of Christiandome together with the meanes to preserue and defend the same; dedicated to al christian kings princes and potentates, with all other the estates of Christiandome: by a Germaine gentleman, a louer of his countrey.; Ad potentissimos ac serenissimos reges commonefactio. English	Marnix van St. Aldegonde, Philips van, 1538-1598.	1583 (1583)	STC 17450.7; ESTC S107814	25,937	82

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