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Lord Temporal

American

noun

a member of the House of Lords who is not a member of the clergy.

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Lords Temporal

plural

Etymology

Origin of Lord Temporal

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50

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Lord Temporal

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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