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
A29430	A brief character of the Protector Oliver Cromwel with an account of the slavery he left the nation under at his death, comprehended in a seasonable speech concerning the upper house / made by a worthy member of Parliament in the House of Commons, March 1659.	Titus, Silius, 1623?-1704.; Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1621-1683.	1692 (1692)	Wing B4551; ESTC R25946	9,805	8

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