Selected quad for the lemma: state_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
state_n	church_n	power_n	secular_a	1,359	5	10.4493	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42204	Grotius, his arguments for the truth of Christian religion rendred into plain English verse.; De veritate religionis Christianae. English	Grotius, Hugo, 1583-1645.; Virgil. Bucolica. 4. English.	1686 (1686)	Wing G2085; ESTC R5887	94,061	191

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