Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	wise_a	word_n	work_n	45	3	4.4912	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20304	XXVII. lectures, or readings, vpon part of the Epistle written to the Hebrues. Made by Maister Edward Deering, Bachelour of Diuinitie	Dering, Edward, 1540?-1576.; T. N., fl. 1577.	1577 (1577)	STC 6727; ESTC S114746	295,005	510

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