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lords spiritual
noun as in first estate
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They consisted of certain lords spiritual and temporal, the chancellor, the treasurer, and a few commoners.
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This is what ought to be said; and I look for it, if not from lords spiritual, then even from lords temporal.
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Sanctified Bishops—lords spiritual—thought the scheme fanatical, and various resolutions to the same effect were defeated.
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Lords spiritual and temporal have it in your mind This world as it waveth, and to your tenants be kind.
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It is now usually understood of the lords spiritual, the lords temporal, and the commons.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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