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	great_a	life_n	2,755	4	4.1264	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49921	The labouring persons remembrancer, or, A practical discource of the labour of the body with suitable devotions.	Lee, Francis, 1661-1719.	1690 (1690)	Wing L841; ESTC R37963	21,877	54

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