Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	according_a	speak_v	word_n	5,557	5	4.4077	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59624	The Act of Parliament against religious meetings, proved to be the bishops act, or, A letter of the Arch-bishop of Canterbury to his fellow-bishops, to promote the persecution intended by it printed, to save the trouble of copying it out : with some Animadversions thereupon.	Sheldon, Gilbert, 1598-1677.	1670 (1670)	Wing S3067; ESTC R17672	6,340	9

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