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	speak_v	word_n	6,573	5	4.5953	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69201	A sermon preached at the Tower of London, by M. Dering the xi. day of Dece[m]ber. 1569; Sermon preached at the Tower of London, the eleventh day of December. 1569	Dering, Edward, 1540?-1576.	1569 (1569)	STC 6695; ESTC S113566	14,796	48

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