Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	better_a	consider_v	great_a	263	4	2.0931	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58356	Reflexions on Monsieur Fagel's letter		1688 (1688)	Wing R700; ESTC R35362	9,616	6

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