Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	great_a	king_n	majesty_n	3,331	5	6.0086	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A38911	An Exact copy of the petition of the protestants in France to their sovereign Lewis XIV for redress of their present oppressions / faithfully translated from the French.		1680 (1680)	Wing E3636; ESTC R27973	3,667	10

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