Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	church_n	doctrine_n	holy_a	3,104	5	4.5108	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69047	A dialogue betwixt Cosmophilus and Theophilus anent the urging of new ceremonies upon the kirke of Scotland	Calderwood, David, 1575-1650, attributed name.; Murray, John, 1575?-1632, attributed name.	1620 (1620)	STC 4355; ESTC S114406	21,825	48

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