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	person_n	power_n	4,318	5	5.0707	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37586	An act for the setting of the postage of England, Scotland and Ireland at the Parliament begun at Westminster the 17th day of September, Anno Domini 1656.; Laws, etc.	England and Wales.	1657 (1657)	Wing E1124; ESTC R29992	3,630	12

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