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	time_n	true_a	2,835	4	3.9950	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47510	Advice to children by James Kirkwood ...	Kirkwood, James, 1650?-1709.	1693 (1693)	Wing K642; ESTC R15399	58,993	166

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