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	sing_v	understanding_n	6,386	5	10.0280	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27810	The Psalms of David in meeter with the prose interlined / by Mr. Zachary Boyd ...	Boyd, Zacharie, 1585?-1653.	1648 (1648)	Wing B2434; ESTC R233265	240,017	721

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