Selected quad for the lemma: kingdom_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
kingdom_n	people_n	power_n	see_v	1,799	5	3.3938	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42904	The history of the United Provinces of Achaia collected in Latine by the learned Jacobus Gothofredus ; and rendred into English, with some additions, by Henry Stubbe.; Achaica. English	Godefroy, Jacques, 1587-1652.; Stubbe, Henry, 1632-1676.	1673 (1673)	Wing G924; ESTC R17634	23,015	40

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