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	say_a	4,455	5	7.0879	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37580	An Act for the exportation of several commodities of the breed, growth and manufacture of this Commonvvealth· At the Parliament begun at Westminster the 17th day of September, an. Dom. 1656.; Public General Acts. 1656-11-27.	England and Wales.	1657 (1657)	Wing E1110C; ESTC R213286	4,510	15

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