Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	king_n	maintain_v	true_a	2,911	4	4.9844	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58557	A faithful account of the manner of the election of Sir William Poultney, and Sir William Waller, Knights to serve as members of the ensuing Parliament at Oxford, for the city of Westminster, and the liberties thereof, upon Thursday the 10th of February, 1680/1 : in answer to a letter from a person of quality in London.	L. S.	1681 (1681)	Wing S108; ESTC R13637	6,526	4

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