Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	language_n	manner_n	name_n	41,151	5	10.5634	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19822	The first part of the historie of England. By Samuel Danyel; Collection of the historie of England. Book 1-3	Daniel, Samuel, 1562-1619.	1612 (1612)	STC 6246; ESTC S109259	103,119	238

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