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	pope_n	rome_n	5,434	5	6.6788	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41853	The history of the war of Cyprus. Written originally in Latin. With a new map of the island.; De bello Cyprio. English	Graziani, Antonio Maria, 1537-1611.; Midgley, Robert, 1655?-1723.; Lusignano, Stefano, 1537-1590.	1687 (1687)	Wing G1628; ESTC R5120	202,605	482

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