Selected quad for the lemma: kingdom_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
kingdom_n	king_n	law_n	time_n	8,716	5	3.7871	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54229	A third letter from a gentleman in the country, to his friends in London, upon the subject of the penal laws and tests	Penn, William, 1644-1718.	1687 (1687)	Wing P1381; ESTC R5099	11,475	20

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