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	king_n	majesty_n	2,867	4	5.8542	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94675	To the right honourable, the peeres assembled in Parliament The humble petition of the sheriffe, knights, esquires, gentlemen, ministers, freeholders and others inhabitants of the county of Bedford.	England and Wales. Parliament. House of Lords.	1642 (1642)	Wing T1707; Thomason 669.f.4[82]; ESTC R210310	2,108	1

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