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	order_n	power_n	6,856	5	5.1414	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78583	The character of a phanatique		1660 (1660)	Wing C1971; Thomason 669.f.24[35]; ESTC R211739	2,503	1

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