Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	christian_a	church_n	know_v	3,308	5	4.1095	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A74652	The peace-maker or, a brief motive to unity and charitie in religion. By W.P. D.D.	W. P.	1652 (1652)	Wing P135; Thomason E1417_2; ESTC R209452	13,834	99

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