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	establish_v	true_a	3,253	5	4.5564	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77663	A potent vindication for book-making: or An embleme of these distracted times.	Browne, Edward.	1642 (1642)	Wing B5104; Thomason E242_13; ESTC R962	7,796	8

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