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	faith_n	infallible_a	8,239	5	9.9784	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56744	A letter from Dr. P. to the Bishop of R--- in vindication of his sermon on Trinity Sunday.	Payne, William, 1650-1696.	1696 (1696)	Wing P905; ESTC R33033	40,115	93

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