Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	call_v	father_n	lord_n	7,082	5	3.7016	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A55303	A discourse of schism by that learned gentleman Edward Polhill, Esq. ...	Polhill, Edward, 1622-1694?	1694 (1694)	Wing P2752; ESTC R3219	41,361	113

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