Selected quad for the lemma: power_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
power_n	ceremony_n	church_n	rite_n	2,845	5	10.3412	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54984	The plain truth, or, A lenitive for the clergy by one Pantophilus.	Pantophilus.	1681 (1681)	Wing P2369; ESTC R16071	6,672	7

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