Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	believe_v	holy_a	scripture_n	6,955	5	5.9774	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33747	The situation of paradise found out being an history of a late pilgrimage unto the Holy Land, with a necessary apparatus prefixt, giving light into the whole design ...	Coleraine, Henry Hare, Baron, 1636-1708.	1683 (1683)	Wing C5064; ESTC R18407	113,799	258

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