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	power_n	3,400	5	4.8629	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B08738	The charter of the Bahama Islands	England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II).	1670 (1670)	Wing C3724AA; ESTC R173810	10,854	19

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