Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	church_n	faith_n	roman_a	4,619	5	7.9310	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18302	An answere to certaine scandalous papers, scattered abroad vnder colour of a Catholicke admonition	Salisbury, Robert Cecil, Earl of, 1563-1612.	1606 (1606)	STC 4895; ESTC S107637	12,407	42

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