Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	cardinal_n	council_n	pope_n	2,219	5	6.8429	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67443	A prospect of the state of Ireland from the year of the world 1756 to the year of Christ 1652 / written by P.W.	Walsh, Peter, 1618?-1688.	1682 (1682)	Wing W640; ESTC R34713	260,992	578

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