Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	law_n	power_n	sovereign_a	5,270	5	9.8498	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47912	A reply to the reasons of the Oxford-clergy against addressing	L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704.	1687 (1687)	Wing L1297; ESTC R21996	10,863	20

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