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	successor_n	2,181	5	9.3340	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30373	A letter occasioned by the second letter to Dr. Burnet, written to a friend	Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715.	1685 (1685)	Wing B5819; ESTC R7791	6,927	10

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