Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	law_n	liberty_n	parliament_n	4,902	5	6.1958	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94382	Killing noe murder. Briefly discoursed in three quæstions. By William Allen.	Titus, Silius, 1623?-1704.; Allen, William, Adjutant-general of the army in Ireland, attributed name.; Sexby, Edward, d. 1658.	1657 (1657)	Wing T1310; Thomason E501_4; ESTC R203800	27,104	20

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