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
A53684	A discourse concerning liturgies, and their imposition	Owen, John, 1616-1683.	1662 (1662)	Wing O737; ESTC R234401	53,130	67

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