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	speak_v	word_n	18,876	5	4.5025	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47499	A modern account of Scotland being an exact description of the country, and a true character of the people and their manners / written from thence by an English gentleman.	Kirke, Thomas, 1650-1706.	1679 (1679)	Wing K629; ESTC R31554	11,876	19

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