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	majesty_n	subject_n	3,135	5	6.4839	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27160	A discourse concerning popish perjurers in an addresse to the Honorable the Commons of England in Parliament assembled at Oxford.	Beane, Richard.	1681 (1681)	Wing B1561; ESTC R22386	3,138	14

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