Selected quad for the lemma: reason_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
reason_n	authority_n	church_n	infallible_a	2,260	5	9.5871	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39110	An extraordinary express sent from Pasquin at Rome, to all the princes and potentates of Europe.		1690 (1690)	Wing E3931A; ESTC R219788	27,030	89

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