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	parliament_n	person_n	3,019	5	4.8130	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43069	Sir Arthur Haselrigg his speech in Parliament concerning the bill passed against plurality of livings, that no clergie man shall have above one living except hee be servant to the King.	Hesilrige, Arthur, Sir, d. 1661.	1642 (1642)	Wing H1128; ESTC R40955	1,639	7

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