Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	account_v	act_n	act_v	34	3	7.0979	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58036	A plat for mariners, or, The seaman's preacher delivered in several sermons upon Jonah's voyage by John Ryther ...	Ryther, John, 1634?-1681.	1672 (1672)	Wing R2442; ESTC R33862	122,256	256

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