Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	power_n	say_a	time_n	4,216	5	4.3825	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56533	Additionals to The mystery of Jesuitisme Englished by the same hand.	Pascal, Blaise, 1623-1662. Provinciales.	1658 (1658)	Wing P640; ESTC R3011	88,221	157

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