Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	concern_v	zeal_n	zealous_a	94	3	8.8044	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47954	Il nipotismo di Roma, or, The history of the popes nephews from the time of Sixtus the IV to the death of the last Pope Alexander the VII in two parts / written originally in Italian in the year 1667 ; and Englished by W.A.; Nipotismo di Roma. English	Leti, Gregorio, 1630-1701.; Aglionby, William, d. 1705.	1669 (1669)	Wing L1335; ESTC R2244	180,003	346

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