Selected quad for the lemma: kingdom_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
kingdom_n	lord_n	part_n	time_n	1,762	5	3.0923	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B02779	To His Grace, the Duke of Queensberry, Her Majesty's High Commissioner, and the Right Honourable the Estates of Parliament. The petition of George Drummond keeper of the tolbooth of Edinburgh.	Drummond, George, Keeper of the tolbooth of Edinburgh.; England and Wales. Parliament.	1700 (1700)	Wing D2192A; ESTC R175981	1,799	2

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