Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	call_v	great_a	king_n	3,509	5	3.7372	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35525	Poetical exercises written upon several occasions presented and dedicated to Her Royal Highness, Mary, Princess of Orange.	Cutts, John Cutts, Baron, 1661-1707.	1687 (1687)	Wing C7709; ESTC R9311	15,270	79

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