lords spiritual
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
It was also the first that granted aids towards the national defence of the three denominations of knights, citizens, and burgesses, as well as by the lords spiritual and temporal.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 490, May 21, 1831 by Various
"Fermain Lord Clancharlie, Baron Clancharlie, Baron Hunkerville, Marquis of Corleone in Sicily, be you welcome among your peers, the lords spiritual and temporal of Great Britain."
From The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo
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 Henry Hallam
