Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	great_a	king_n	power_n	10,273	5	4.9736	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96682	God save the King: or Pious and loyal joy, the subjects duty, for their soveraign's safety. Opened in a sermon at Aldermanbury, upon the 30 of May, being the day after his Majesties most happy, joyfull and triumphant entrance into London. By Anthony Walker, minister of the Gospell at Fyfield in Essex.	Walker, Anthony, d. 1692.	1660 (1660)	Wing W303; Thomason E1030_5; ESTC R203980	25,087	44

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