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
A63838	A character of Charles the Second written by an impartial hand, and exposed to publick view for information of the people.	Tuke, Samuel, Sir, d. 1674.	1660 (1660)	Wing T3232; ESTC R203811	8,944	7

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