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	government_n	kingdom_n	3,695	5	5.8013	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A83525	To the High Court of Parliament. A dilemma, from a parallel. Humbly presented. Published according to order.	Edwards, Thomas, 1599-1647,; England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I).	1646 (1646)	Wing E237A; Thomason E341_10; ESTC R200905	6,449	16

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