Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	absolute_a	king_n	power_n	3,604	5	5.4121	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49592	Almanzor and Almanzaida a novel / written by Sir Philip Sidney, and found since his death amongst his papers.; Almanzaide. English	La Roche-Guihen, Mlle de (Anne), 1644-1707.; Sidney, Philip, Sir, 1554-1586.	1678 (1678)	Wing L446; ESTC R9977	30,629	118

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