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	law_n	legislative_a	2,620	5	12.4064	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43632	Reflections on a late libel intituled, Observations on a late famous sermon intituled, Curse ye Meroz in a letter to our old friend, R.L.; Reflections on a late libel, intituled, Observations on a late famous sermon, intituled, Curse ye Meroz	Hickeringill, Edmund, 1631-1708.	1680 (1680)	Wing H1824; ESTC R3189	26,477	48

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