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
A56322	A declaration of the grievances of the Kingdom delivered in Parliament by John Pym.	Pym, John, 1584-1643.	1641 (1641)	Wing P4263; ESTC R33928	22,220	24

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