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	power_n	supremacy_n	2,252	5	10.5244	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44628	The six days adventure, or, The new Utopia a comedy as it is acted at his Royal Highness the Duke of York's theatre.	Howard, Edward, fl. 1669.	1671 (1671)	Wing H2974; ESTC R16302	64,652	106

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