Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	holy_a	person_n	son_n	20,542	5	6.1434	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29359	The declaration of Francis Briber, Gent. which he publickly made before the Lord Bishop of Waterford, in the cathedral-church of Waterford, in the kingdom of Ireland, June the 17th, 1688 : containing the reasons for his renouncing the Roman-Catholic, and embracing the Protestant religion : together with what the Lord Bishop of Waterford return'd upon that occasion.	Briber, Francis.	1688 (1688)	Wing B4439; ESTC R9034	1,774	5

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