Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	church_n	ecclesiastical_a	synod_n	2,123	5	9.4135	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44442	Sermons preach'd at Eton by John Hales ...; Sermons. Selections	Hales, John, 1584-1656.	1660 (1660)	Wing H274; ESTC R6396	49,653	58

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