Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	government_n	language_n	manner_n	40,315	5	10.7927	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59238	Non vltra, or, A letter to a learned Cartesian settling the rule of truth, and first principles, upon their deepest grounds / by J.S.	Sergeant, John, 1622-1707.	1698 (1698)	Wing S2585; ESTC R33865	51,607	144

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