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
A44689	The right use of that argument in prayer from the name of God on behalf of a people that profess it by John Howe.	Howe, John, 1630-1705.	1682 (1682)	Wing H3038; ESTC R29443	33,646	66

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