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
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
It is for the peers to arrange the rest; their lordships, the lords spiritual and temporal.
From The Man Who Laughs by Hugo, Victor
The Lords Spiritual.—Finally, there are the ecclesiastical members—not peers, but "lords spiritual."
From The Governments of Europe by Ogg, Frederic Austin
