Selected quad for the lemma: act_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
act_n	power_n	spiritual_a	temporal_a	2,523	5	9.3508	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33074	The Church of England truly represented according to Dr. Heylins history of the Reformation : in justification of Her Royal Highness the late Dutchess [sic] of Yorks paper.	York, Anne Hyde, Duchess of, 1637-1671.	1686 (1686)	Wing C4192; ESTC R23708	9,803	22

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such_o counsel_n finis_fw-la heylin_n in_o pref_o pag._n 131_o pag._n 275_o pag._n 294_o