Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	adoption_n	cry_v	father_n	9,732	5	5.0154	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68592	A briefe declaration of the chiefe points of Christian religion set forth in a table. Made by Theodore Beze.; Summa totius Christianismi. English	Bèze, Théodore de, 1519-1605.; Whittingham, William, d. 1579.	1613 (1613)	STC 2002; ESTC S115308	23,499	92

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