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	power_n	say_a	3,307	5	6.6339	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B01839	The burgess ticket of Buckhaven given to Alexander Bryson; within the college thereof, upon the 32 day of Julius Cæsar, 1698 years. Suits calld, and the court lawfully fenced, by Mother Greg.	Mother Greg.; Wilson, Gideon fl. 1698.	1698 (1698)	Wing B5724; ESTC R170896	2,609	3

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