Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	authority_n	king_n	law_n	3,266	5	4.5526	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11670	The intentions of the armie of the kingdome of Scotland, declared to their brethren of England: by the commissioners of the late Parliament, and by the generall, noblemen, barrons, and other officers of the armie	Scotland. Army.; Henderson, Alexander, 1583?-1646, attributed name.; Scotland. Parliament.	1640 (1640)	STC 21921; ESTC S120784	10,414	16

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