Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	king_n	law_n	liberty_n	6,707	5	6.5575	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A80455	The copy of a letter from a Lincolne shire gentleman; sent to his friend in the city of London.		1660 (1660)	Wing C6116; Thomason E1016_3; ESTC R208258	3,149	7

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