Selected quad for the lemma: tradition_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
tradition_n	church_n	law_n	scripture_n	2,211	5	6.0049	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01107	The true dyffere[n]s betwen ye regall power and the ecclesiasticall power translated out of latyn by Henry lord Stafforde; De vera differentia regiae potestatis et ecclesiasticae. English.	Fox, Edward, 1496?-1538.; Stafford, Henry Stafford, Baron, 1501-1563.	1548 (1548)	STC 11220; ESTC S102496	87,647	232

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