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	faith_n	17,021	5	6.3601	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61862	A sermon preached at the assizes at Hertford, Jvly viii, 1689 by John Strype ...	Strype, John, 1643-1737.	1689 (1689)	Wing S6025; ESTC R685	13,242	36

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