Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	pray_v	prayer_n	supplication_n	6,912	5	11.1562	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31427	A sermon preached before the King at White-Hall, January xxiij. 1675/6 by William Cave ...	Cave, William, 1637-1713.	1676 (1676)	Wing C1605; ESTC R5517	12,884	30

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