Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	bring_v	church_n	true_a	3,264	5	4.5276	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53953	A discourse of the sacrament of the Lords Supper wherein the faith of the Catholick Church concerning that mystery is explained, proved, and vindicated, after an intelligible, catachetical, and easie manner / by Edward Pelling ...	Pelling, Edward, d. 1718.	1685 (1685)	Wing P1079; ESTC R22438	166,306	338

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coelum_fw-la suspicientes_fw-la vota_fw-la nuncupabant_fw-la alex_n ab_fw-la alex._n 1._o 3._o c._n 22._o and_o when_o the_o boy_n of_o athens_n commence_v ephaebi_n they_o go_v into_o the_o temple_n of_o hercules_n and_o have_v consecrate_v a_o vessel_n of_o wine_n there_o and_o drink_v to_o the_o company_n take_v a_o solemn_a oath_n conceptis_fw-la verbis_fw-la to_o be_v true_a to_o the_o god_n of_o the_o country_n archaeolog_fw-la attic_a lib._n 5._o c_o 13._o &_o hinc_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ea_fw-la sacra_fw-la dicta_fw-la sunt_fw-la sc_fw-la sacrificia_fw-la quibus_fw-la ephaebi_n herculi_fw-la libabant_fw-la vow_n after_o the_o same_o manner_n they_o be_v wont_a to_o protreptic_a to_o so_o theocri●us_n de_fw-fr cerealibus_fw-la m●ster●is_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o virgil_n lib._n 1._o georgic_n curcta_n tibi_fw-la cererem_fw-la pubes_fw-la agrestis_fw-la adoret_fw-la cui_fw-la tu_fw-la lacte_fw-la ravo_n 〈◊〉_d miti_fw-la dilve_fw-la ba●cho_fw-la 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