Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	believe_v	faith_n	true_a	5,505	5	5.0466	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20435	The coppie of the Anti-Spaniard made at Paris by a French man, a Catholique. Wherein is directly proued how the Spanish King is the onely cause of all the troubles in France. Translated out of French into English.; Coppie de l'Anti-Espagnol. English.	Arnauld, Antoine, 1560-1619, attributed name.; Hurault, Michel, d. 1592.; Munday, Anthony, 1553-1633.	1590 (1590)	STC 684.5; ESTC S120875	29,822	46

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