Lords Spiritual

British  

plural noun

1. the two Anglican archbishops and 24 most senior bishops of England and Wales who sit as members of the House of Lords

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Example Sentences

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.”

From The Guardian

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.

From The Guardian

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