Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	bishop_n	church_n	time_n	3,265	5	3.4917	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A55530	An answer to a letter from a clergyman in the city, to his friend in the country containing his reasons for not reading the declaration.	Poulton.; Halifax, George Savile, Marquis of, 1633-1695. Letter from a clergyman in the city to his friend in the country.	1688 (1688)	Wing P3039; ESTC R25	16,451	21

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