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
A65534	A brief and modest reply to Mr. Penn's tedious, scurrilous and unchristian defence against the Bishop of Cork	Wettenhall, Edward, 1636-1713.	1699 (1699)	Wing W1489; ESTC R38532	21,311	30

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