Selected quad for the lemma: power_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
power_n	authority_n	bishop_n	presbyter_n	4,112	5	10.2023	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31425	A serious exhortation, with some important advices, relating to the late cases about conformity recommended to the present dissenters from the Church of England.	Cave, William, 1637-1713.	1683 (1683)	Wing C1603; ESTC R5516	27,975	48

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