Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	heir_n	king_n	successor_n	3,041	5	9.2063	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75787	Arguments and reasons to prove the inconvenience & unlawfulness of taking the new engagement: modestly propounded to all persons concerned.	Aucher, John, 1619-1701.	1650 (1650)	Wing A4190A; Thomason E593_7; ESTC R11779	5,718	8

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