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lords spiritual

noun as in first estate

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Also present are the Lords Spiritual and Temporal - bishops of the Church of England who sit in the House of Lords including the Archbishop of Canterbury, together with the secular peers of the realm.

From Reuters

“By and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same.”

The meeting, of the “Lords Spiritual and Temporal of this Realm”, derives from the Witan, the Anglo-Saxon feudal assembly of more than a thousand years ago.

At the moment, 26 "Lords Spiritual" attend the Upper House, including the Archbishops of Canterbury and York.

From BBC

She will take a parliamentary oath and then take a place on the benches alongside other Church of England bishops in a group called The Lords Spiritual.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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