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	government_n	state_n	2,773	4	5.6675	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54211	A second letter from a gentleman in the country to his friends in London upon the subject of the penal laws and tests.	Penn, William, 1644-1718.	1687 (1687)	Wing P1361; ESTC R38198	7,974	20

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