Selected quad for the lemma: christian_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
christian_n	religion_n	true_a	world_n	2,059	5	4.6249	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43909	The History of self-defence, in requital to the history of passive obedience	Seller, Abednego, 1646?-1705.	1680 (1680)	Wing H2138B; Wing S2456_CANCELLED; ESTC R14596	33,640	35

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