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	prince_n	subject_n	3,995	5	6.4954	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29108	A sermon preached before the King, in St. James's chappel, January 30th, 1698/9 by Samuel Bradford ...	Bradford, Samuel, 1652-1731.	1699 (1699)	Wing B4121; ESTC R19689	11,787	26

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