Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	ancient_a	bishop_n	church_n	2,902	5	4.2373	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A72017	A booke of certaine canons, concernyng some parte of the discipline of the Churche of England In the yeare of our Lord. 1571.; Constitutions and canons. 1571	Church of England.	1571 (1571)	STC 10064; ESTC S125375	11,018	27

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