Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	aforesaid_a	say_a	time_n	4,497	5	4.5881	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66230	A charter of regulations granted to the East-India Company by Their sacred Majesties King William and Queen Mary, under the Great Seal of England, Dated the 11th. of November, 1693. in the 5th. year of Their Majesties reign	England and Wales. Sovereign (1689-1694 : William and Mary)	1693 (1693)	Wing W2498A; ESTC R219989	16,063	11

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