Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	doctrine_n	scripture_n	tradition_n	2,740	5	9.3074	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30481	An answer to the late exceptions made by Mr. Erasmus Warren against The theory of the earth	Burnet, Thomas, 1635?-1715.	1690 (1690)	Wing B5942; ESTC R31281	68,479	88

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