Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	father_n	name_n	son_n	14,571	5	5.9519	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54591	Infant-baptism vindicated from the exceptions of Mr. Thomas Grantham by Sam. Petto ...	Petto, Samuel, 1624?-1711.	1691 (1691)	Wing P1899; ESTC R35388	11,225	26

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