Selected quad for the lemma: state_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
state_n	catholic_n	church_n	communion_n	1,794	5	10.0028	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33240	Two letters written by the Right Honourable Edward, Earl of Clarendon, late Lord High Chancellour of England one to His Royal Highness the Duke of York, the other to the Dutchess, occasioned by her embracing the Roman Catholick religion.	Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of, 1609-1674.; James II, King of England, 1633-1701.; York, Anne Hyde, Duchess of, 1637-1671.	1680 (1680)	Wing C4429; ESTC R23246	5,230	6

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