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
A56398	A reproof to the Rehearsal transprosed, in a discourse to its authour by the authour of the Ecclesiastical politie.	Parker, Samuel, 1640-1688.	1673 (1673)	Wing P473; ESTC R1398	225,319	538

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