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
A48884	A letter concerning toleration humbly submitted, etc.; Epistola de tolerantia. English	Locke, John, 1632-1704.; Popple, William, d. 1708.	1689 (1689)	Wing L2747; ESTC R14566	42,784	72

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