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
A46465	By the King, a declaration having already signified our pleasure to call a Parliament ... it is our royal purpose to endeavour a legal establishment of an universal liberty of conscience for all our subjects ...	England and Wales. Sovereign (1685-1688 : James II); James II, King of England, 1633-1701.	1688 (1688)	Wing J158; ESTC R42086	929	1

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