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	prince_n	state_n	2,872	4	5.6626	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47719	The emperors answer to the French king's manifesto translated from the Latin.	Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1640-1705.	1688 (1688)	Wing L1108; ESTC R13327	11,412	22

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