Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	holy_a	scripture_n	word_n	8,597	5	4.5046	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39172	A Caveat for the Protestant clergy, or, A true account of the sufferings of the English clergy upon restitution of popery in the days of Queen Mary	Y. E.	1671 (1671)	Wing E45; ESTC R19703	7,731	23

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