Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	book_n	church_n	receive_v	4,057	5	6.2906	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01039	An ansvvere to M. I. Forbes of Corse, his peaceable warning	Calderwood, David, 1575-1650.	1638 (1638)	STC 11143; ESTC S102458	22,575	36

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