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	church_n	successor_n	2,614	5	9.1249	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33914	The office of a chaplain enquir'd into and vindicated from servility and contempt	Collier, Jeremy, 1650-1726.	1688 (1688)	Wing C5258; ESTC R24123	17,677	42

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