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	faith_n	true_a	15,470	5	5.2366	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49219	The French King's declaration, that the children of those of the pretended reformed religion may change their religion at the age of seven years with a prohibition that those of the said religion may not send their children to be bred in forreign countries : registred in Parliament the 8th day of July new stile, 1681. and printed at Paris.; Declaration du Roy, portant que les enfant de la religion pretendue reformée pourront se convetir à l'âge de sept ans. English	France. Sovereign (1643-1715 : Louis XIV)	1681 (1681)	Wing L3116; ESTC R10009	2,972	1

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