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	king_n	name_n	2,254	5	5.7280	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48076	A letter from Rotterdam, touching the Scotch affaires, since November, 1650		1651 (1651)	Wing L1500; ESTC R222062	6,872	14

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