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	england_n	reform_a	4,212	5	9.5265	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25533	An answer to a pamphlet entituled The humble apologie of the English Catholicks written by a Royalist before Christmas, 1666.	Royalist.	1667 (1667)	Wing A3324; ESTC R16391	10,450	18

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