Selected quad for the lemma: power_n

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power_n	authority_n	church_n	presbyter_n	2,629	5	9.7095	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42255	An answer to Mr. Lowth's letter to Dr. Stillingfleet in another letter to a friend.	Grove, Robert, 1634-1696.	1687 (1687)	Wing G2147; ESTC R31522	34,417	38

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