Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	ghost_n	holy_a	receive_v	18,187	5	5.7163	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93213	A Short discourse, tovching the cause of the present unhappy distractions; and distempers in this Kingdome, and the ready meanes to compose, and quiet them.		1643 (1643)	Wing S3588; Thomason E88_28; ESTC R22390	4,425	10

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