lords spiritual

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Twenty-six bishops of the Church of England sit as lords spiritual, and 154 life peers have been created under the 1958 act.

From Time Magazine Archive

Lord Halifax, Randolph Churchill and such formidable lords spiritual as the Archbishops of Canterbury and York.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is true that he made some just laws, protecting the people and building up their prosperity, but their support was insufficient to counterbalance the hatred of the great lords spiritual and temporal.

From The Age of the Reformation by Smith, Preserved

This was denominated the great council, being the lords spiritual and temporal, with the king's ordinary council annexed to them, as a council within a council.

From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Hallam, Henry

It was also the first that granted aids towards the national defence of the three denominations of knights, citizens, and burgesses, as well as by the lords spiritual and temporal.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 490, May 21, 1831 by Various