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	temple_n	7,031	5	7.9574	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69638	Silent meeting, a wonder to the world, yet practised by the Apostles and owned by the people of God, scornfully called Quakers	Britten, William, d. 1669.	1660 (1660)	Wing B4825; ESTC R13581	10,015	15

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