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	law_n	power_n	3,809	5	5.0020	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41952	Reflections upon Mr. Johnson's notes on the pastoral letter by William Gallaway ...	Gallaway, William, b. 1659 or 60.	1694 (1694)	Wing G178; ESTC R8149	33,013	66

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