Lord Temporal
Americannoun
plural
Lords TemporalEtymology
Origin of Lord Temporal
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50
Example Sentences
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The Lord Spiritual had this right no less than the Lord Temporal.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
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