Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	act_n	jurisdiction_n	power_n	2,376	5	4.8822	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A76081	The Independents catechisme. Or Some observations gathered out of Doctor Bastvvicke his religious and learned treatise entituled Independency not Gods ordinance. For the use of all poor ignorant, wavering, and seduced independents. By John Bernard philopresbytes.	Bernard, John.; Bastwick, John, 1593-1654. Independency not Gods ordinance.	1645 (1645)	Wing B1064; Thomason E1186_5; ESTC R14251	6,406	31

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