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	saint_n	6,082	5	5.8116	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00378	An exhortation to the diligent studye of scripture, made by Erasmus Roterodamus. And tra[n]slated in to inglissh. An exposition in to the seventh chaptre of the first pistle to the Corinthians; Paraclesis. English	Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536.; Roy, William, fl. 1527-1531, attributed name.; Luther, Martin, 1483-1546. aut	1529 (1529)	STC 10493; ESTC S109910	70,722	156

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