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
What can you not do Against lords spiritual or temporal, That shall oppone you?
From The Alchemist by Ben Jonson
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 Preserved Smith
It is for the peers to arrange the rest; their lordships, the lords spiritual and temporal.
From The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo
