Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	world_n	worship_n	worthy_a	68	3	6.5259	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07489	The heauenly pro:gresse. By Rich: Middleton	Middleton, Richard, d. 1641.	1617 (1617)	STC 17872; ESTC S114542	286,451	938

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