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	presbyter_n	4,971	5	10.2694	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35430	Some questions resolved concerning Episcopal and Presbyterian government in Scotland	Cunningham, Alexander.; Cunningham, Gabriel.	1690 (1690)	Wing C7592; ESTC R11553	19,224	36

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