Selected quad for the lemma: state_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
state_n	authority_n	church_n	power_n	4,040	5	5.1405	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48815	A conference between two Protestants and a papist, occasion'd by the late seasonable discourse	Lloyd, William, 1627-1717.	1673 (1673)	Wing L2675; ESTC R23405	26,381	34

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