Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	protestant_n	zeal_n	zealous_a	42	3	8.4011	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20838	The practise of princes. Published by A. Ar	Ar., A.	1630 (1630)	STC 722; ESTC S100204	18,364	24

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