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	lord_n	power_n	9,947	5	5.2167	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47913	A reply to the second part of The character of a popish successor by Roger L'Estrange.	L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704.	1681 (1681)	Wing L1298; ESTC R7146	29,660	38

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