Lord Spiritual
noun,plural Lords Spiritual.
a bishop or archbishop belonging to the House of Lords.
Origin of Lord Spiritual
1late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50
- Compare Lord Temporal.
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How to use Lord Spiritual in a sentence
They consisted of certain lords spiritual and temporal, the chancellor, the treasurer, and a few commoners.
This is what ought to be said; and I look for it, if not from lords spiritual, then even from lords temporal.
Sanctified Bishops—lords spiritual—thought the scheme fanatical, and various resolutions to the same effect were defeated.
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 9 (of 12) | Robert G. IngersollLords spiritual and temporal have it in your mind This world as it waveth, and to your tenants be kind.
The Agrarian Problem in the Sixteenth Century | Richard Henry TawneyIt is now usually understood of the lords spiritual, the lords temporal, and the commons.
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