Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	authority_n	spiritual_a	temporal_a	1,458	5	8.0972	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39731	An Impartial relation of the whole proceedings against St. Mary Magdalen Colledge in Oxon, in the year of our Lord 1687 containing only matters of fact as they occurred.	Fairfax, Henry, 1634-1702.; Fairfax, Henry, 1634-1702.; Aldworth, Charles, 1648 or 9-1720.; Hough, John, 1651-1743.; Bagshaw, Francis, b. 1653 or 4.	1688 (1688)	Wing F124; ESTC R25079	42,768	47

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