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	power_n	spiritual_a	6,456	5	6.8547	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67022	The decency and order of church and state as now established asserted in a late visitation sermon.	Woolley, Charles.	1684 (1684)	Wing W3524; ESTC R26402	16,143	39

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