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	roman_a	2,945	4	7.5959	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75406	An ansvver to a late pamphlet; entituled, A character of a Popish successor, and what England may expect from such a one		1681 (1681)	Wing A3308; ESTC R231776	23,069	16

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