Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	according_a	church_n	power_n	3,403	5	5.0065	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60948	A sermon preached at Lambeth-Chappel on the 25th of November, upon the consecration of the Right Reverend Father in God, Dr John Dolben, Lord Bishop of Rochester by Robert South ...	South, Robert, 1634-1716.	1666 (1666)	Wing S4739; ESTC R10014	14,938	39

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