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	lord_n	parliament_n	2,800	4	6.3839	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34716	The field of bloud, or, rebellion blazoned in all its colours in a lively representation (grounded upon fact) of the fatal consequences of inhability in a prince, exorbitant ambition in the nobility, and licentious insolence in the Commons.	Cotton, Robert, Sir, 1571-1631.	1681 (1681)	Wing C6491A; ESTC R17249	21,251	38

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