Selected quad for the lemma: power_n

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power_n	ceremony_n	church_n	rite_n	2,845	5	10.3412	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50342	A sermon preached before the King at White-Hall on January the 30th, 1681 by Henry Maurice ...	Maurice, Henry, 1648-1691.	1682 (1682)	Wing M1370; ESTC R3724	13,058	37

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