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
A56747	A sermon upon the death of the queen, preached in the parish-church of St. Mary White-Chappel by William Payne ...	Payne, William, 1650-1696.	1695 (1695)	Wing P909; ESTC R18297	18,546	38

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