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
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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.
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Merchants and manufacturers, Tories and the opposition, lords temporal, and lords spiritual, all called upon him with their several plans.
From Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
To the lords spiritual and temporal, and commons in parliament assembled.
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces by Johnson, Samuel
It is worth noting that two of the lords spiritual, Dr. Cosin, Bishop of Durham, and Dr. Wilkins, Bishop of Chester, voted in favour of the bill.
From Royalty Restored by Molloy, J. Fitzgerald (Joseph Fitzgerald)