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	church_n	key_n	4,079	5	9.8284	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66897	Go shew thy self to the priest safe advice for a sound Protestant / by L. Womock ...	Womock, Laurence, 1612-1685.	1679 (1679)	Wing W3344; ESTC R20291	7,580	22

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