Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	bishop_n	church_n	jurisdiction_n	5,357	5	9.3309	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61950	A sermon preach'd before the King, May 9, 1675 by John Sudbury ...	Sudbury, John, 1604-1684.	1675 (1675)	Wing S6137; ESTC R17686	12,043	34

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