Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	great_a	king_n	subject_n	3,054	5	6.4027	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94539	To the Kings most Excellent Majestie The humble petition of the gentry, ministers and free-holders of the county palatine of Chester, and of the inquests serving at the assizes for the body of of [sic] the said county. Presented to His Majestie at Yorke, May 7. 1642.		1642 (1642)	Wing T1535; Thomason 669.f.5[17]; ESTC R210529	1,600	1

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