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	profession_n	true_a	4,952	5	5.1672	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48380	Charity to our poor persecuted brethren abroad recommended in a sermon / preached on a fast-day, April 5, 1699, by Charles Lidgould ...	Lidgold, Charles, d. 1701.	1699 (1699)	Wing L1977; ESTC R36471	11,909	23

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