Selected quad for the lemma: ground_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	false_a	religion_n	true_a	2,009	5	5.5293	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36736	A treatise against irreligion. By H.C. de Luzancy, priest of the Church of England, and M. of Arts of Christs Church in Oxford	De Luzancy, H. C. (Hippolyte du Chastelet), d. 1713.	1678 (1678)	Wing D2423B; ESTC R201393	39,690	201

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