Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	city_n	zeal_n	zealous_a	29	3	8.7485	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64990	God's terrible voice in the city by T.V.	Vincent, Thomas, 1634-1678.	1667 (1667)	Wing V440; ESTC R24578	131,670	248

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