Selected quad for the lemma: power_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
power_n	church_n	ecclesiastical_a	synod_n	2,937	5	9.6304	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B21440	Motions to this present Parliament, for reforming the Church of England Most taken out of Frenæus Philadelphus.	[Du Moulin, Louis].	1641 (1641)	Wing D2543A	2,549	10

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