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	law_n	power_n	3,425	5	4.9548	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28043	Cases of treason written by Sir Francis Bacon, Knight ...	Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.	1641 (1641)	Wing B272; ESTC R16590	15,315	40

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