Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	believe_v	church_n	deny_v	2,096	5	7.0166	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61267	A sermon preached at the Assizes at Hertford, March the 9th, 1682/3 by John Standish ...	Standish, John, d. 1686.	1683 (1683)	Wing S5217; ESTC R13596	14,535	38

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