Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	word_n	write_n	year_n	32	3	4.0899	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85014	Feare of losing the old light. Or, A sermon preached in Exeter. By Thomas Fuller, B.D.	Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661.	1646 (1646)	Wing F2424; Thomason E341_22; ESTC R200911	12,234	30

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