Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	civil_a	ecclesiastical_a	power_n	5,621	5	5.1983	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75468	An antidote against foure dangerous quæries, pretended to be propounded to the reverend Assemblie of Divines, touching suspension from the Sacrament.		1645 (1645)	Wing A3493; Thomason E265_3; ESTC R212428	8,985	8

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