Selected quad for the lemma: power_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
power_n	bishop_n	church_n	ordination_n	6,915	5	10.5861	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49481	The shepherd, or, The pastoral charge and obedience due to it instituted by God as a necessary means to preserve the sheep from straying.	Laney, Benjamin, 1591-1675.	1668 (1668)	Wing L351; ESTC R7360	15,947	39

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