Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	catholic_a	church_n	faith_n	6,104	5	5.7683	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A73201	The present state of Spaine. Translated out of French; Estat d'Espagne. English.	Sergier, Richard, attributed name.; Lewkenor, Lewis, Sir, d. 1626, attributed name.	1594 (1594)	STC 22997; ESTC S125625	22,718	65

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