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
A44188	A letter to Monsieur Van. B---- de M---- at Amsterdam, written anno 1676	Holles, Denzil Holles, Baron, 1599-1680.; Beuningen, Koenraad van, 1622-1693.	1676 (1676)	Wing H2462; ESTC R803	7,531	8

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