lords spiritual
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Lord Halifax, Randolph Churchill and such formidable lords spiritual as the Archbishops of Canterbury and York.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
"Fermain Lord Clancharlie, Baron Clancharlie, Baron Hunkerville, Marquis of Corleone in Sicily, be you welcome among your peers, the lords spiritual and temporal of Great Britain."
From The Man Who Laughs by Hugo, Victor
To the lords spiritual and temporal, and commons in parliament assembled.
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces by Johnson, Samuel
In 1509 the number of lords spiritual was forty-eight; in 1603, it was but twenty-six.
From The Governments of Europe by Ogg, Frederic Austin
