Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	catholic_a	church_n	faith_n	4,551	5	5.8936	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85757	The history of the sacred and Royal Majesty of Christina Alessandra Queen of Swedland with the reasons of her late conversion to the Roman Catholique religion. As also a relation of the severall entertainments given her by divers princes in her journey to Rome, with her magnificent reception into that city.; Historia della sacra real maestà di Christina Alessandra, regina di Svetia. English	Gualdo Priorato, Galeazzo, Conte, 1606-1678.; Burbury, John.	1658 (1658)	Wing G2171; Thomason E1851_1; ESTC R23369	167,308	510

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