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	church_n	rome_n	2,350	5	6.9776	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13884	Vindiciæ Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ: or A iustification of the religion now professed in England VVherein it is prooued to be the same which was taught by our Sauiour Iesus Christ, and by his holy Apostles; written for their vse that haue desired such proofe. By W.T.	Travers, Walter, 1547 or 8-1635.; A. B.; Travers, Walter, d. 1646, attributed name.	1630 (1630)	STC 24188; ESTC S118507	48,208	86

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