Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	apostle_n	bishop_n	church_n	8,364	5	4.6820	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85322	The first Rule of the glorious virgin S. Clare; Regulae monialium Ordinia Sanctae Clarae. English. 1665	Poor Clares.; Clare, of Assisi, Saint, 1194-1253.	1665 (1665)	Wing F980B; ESTC R42494	68,189	385

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