Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	power_n	say_a	time_n	4,216	5	4.3825	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53402	Orders conceived and approved by the Committee for the Militia of the county of Middlesex without the lines of communication, directing the severall commanders and officers, &c. in some particulars of consequence, for the better regulating of the regiments to be exercised and trained for service and defence of the said county, &c.	City of London (England). Committee for the Militia.	1642 (1642)	Wing O396B; ESTC R35083	3,687	1

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