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	time_n	7,294	5	3.8646	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69796	An historical and geographical account of the Morea, Negropont, and the maritime places, as far as Thessalonica illustrated with 42 maps of the countries, plains, and draughts of the cities, towns and fortifications / written in Italian by P.M. Coronelli .... ; Englished by R. W., Gent.; Memorie istoriografiche del regno di Morea e Negroponte. English	Coronelli, Vincenzo, 1650-1718.; R. W., Gent.	1687 (1687)	Wing C6342; ESTC R21598	73,597	239

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