Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	body_n	bone_n	flesh_n	7,585	5	7.4908	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02396	Corpus Christi: by Edmund Gurnay	Gurnay, Edmund, d. 1648.	1619 (1619)	STC 12527; ESTC S103556	28,959	116

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