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	holy_a	soul_n	16,669	5	5.2335	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64371	A sermon concerning the cœlestial body of a Christian, after the resurrection preached before the King and Queen at White-Hall April 8, 1694, being Easter-day / by ... Thomas Lord Bishop of Lincoln.	Tenison, Thomas, 1636-1715.	1694 (1694)	Wing T713; ESTC R20713	11,700	32

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