Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	king_n	law_n	legal_a	2,470	5	10.2354	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01038	A peaceable vvarning, to the subjects in Scotland given in the yeare of God 1638.	Forbes, John, 1593-1648.	1638 (1638)	STC 11142; ESTC S102457	8,127	22

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