Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	christian_a	church_n	profess_v	3,448	5	8.0722	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59878	A sermon preached at White-Hall, before the Queen, on the 17th of June, 1691 being the fast-day / by William Sherlock ...	Sherlock, William, 1641?-1707.	1691 (1691)	Wing S3349; ESTC R15763	14,452	35

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