Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	prove_v	true_a	truth_n	2,899	4	5.8364	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88428	The vindication of an injured lady written by the Lady Francesca Maria Lucretia Plunkett, one of the ladies of the privy chamber of the queen-mother of England.	Loftus, Dudley, 1619-1695.	1667 (1667)	Wing L2829A; ESTC R43695	14,965	30

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