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

Here his majesty and the lords, spiritual and temporal, dined sumptuously, whilst many fine ceremonies were observed, music of all sorts was played, and a great crowd of pretty ladies looked down from the galleries.

From Royalty Restored by Molloy, J. Fitzgerald (Joseph Fitzgerald)

In the case of Beauvais, as in that of Winchester, it must be remembered that in all monarchical countries the bishops are "lords spiritual," on an equality with the greater secular nobles, the "lords temporal."

From The English Mail-Coach and Joan of Arc by De Quincey, Thomas

This was denominated the great council, being the lords spiritual and temporal, with the king's ordinary council annexed to them, as a council within a council.

From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Hallam, Henry