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
They consisted of certain lords spiritual and temporal, the chancellor, the treasurer, and a few commoners.
From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Hallam, Henry
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)
Present Ascendancy.—Legally, as has been explained, Parliament consists of the king, the lords spiritual, the lords temporal, and the commons.
From The Governments of Europe by Ogg, Frederic Austin
