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
A82286	Sixteen antiquæries propounded to the catechiser of Diotrephes.	R. D.	1646 (1646)	Wing D85A; Thomason E510_6; ESTC R205605	8,408	8

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