Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	religion_n	true_a	word_n	3,856	5	4.2476	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A76943	The life of Sr Thomas Bodley, the honourable founder of the publique library in the Vniversity of Oxford. / VVritten by himselfe.	Bodley, Thomas, Sir, 1545-1613.	1647 (1647)	Wing B3392; Thomason E391_14; ESTC R201556	7,448	20

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