Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	world_n	worship_n	worship_v	1,635	4	8.6836	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64255	A few necessary questions & conclusions for the present parish-teachers of England, &c deeply to ponder and answer in God's fear, for the good of their own and the peoples souls that are under them, for the Lord is arisen to call all things into judgment.	Taylor, Thomas, 1618-1682.	1670 (1670)	Wing T573; ESTC R9060	7,076	16

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