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
A86627	A letter to the Earle of Pembrooke concerning the times, and the sad condition both of Prince and people.	Howell, James, 1594?-1666.	1648 (1648)	Wing H3085; Thomason E522_5; ESTC R206205	7,652	15

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