Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	aaron_n	apostle_n	moses_n	43	3	5.9219	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41593	The Catholic representer, or, The papist misrepresented. Second part	Gother, John, d. 1704.	1687 (1687)	Wing G1327; ESTC R30311	98,893	108

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