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	pope_n	time_n	3,853	5	3.7307	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A38742	Europe's chains broke, or, A sure and speedy project to rescue her from the present usurpations of the tyrant of France		1692 (1692)	Wing E3418; ESTC R27969	49,318	170

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