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	good_a	power_n	3,704	5	4.8919	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06370	Letters patents made by the French King, declaring his intent touching those of the reformed religion Published in Roane in the Court of Parliament the seuenth day of Iune, an. 1621. With two letters of the Assembly at Rochell vnto the Duke de Lesdiguieres.	France. Sovereign (1610-1643 : Louis XIII); Louis XIII, King of France, 1601-1643.; France. Parlement (Normandy). Proceedings. 1621-06-07.; Eglises réformées de France. Assemblée générale (1620-1621 : La Rochelle)	1621 (1621)	STC 16840; ESTC S108832	13,893	25

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