Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	authority_n	church_n	ecclesiastical_a	4,376	5	8.0315	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58661	A letter to a person of quality, occasion'd by the news of the ensuing Parliament	R. S.	1688 (1688)	Wing S133; ESTC R8107	8,577	8

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