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Lords Temporal

British  

plural noun

1. (in Britain) peers other than bishops in their capacity as members of the House of Lords

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Estates of the Realm, in Britain, are the Lords Spiritual, the Lords Temporal, and the Commons.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various

The three estates of the realm are the estate of the Lords Spiritual, the estate of the Lords Temporal, and the estate of the Commons.

From Sketches by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield

Let the Lords Temporal quit themselves of nepotism, and we will take care of their authority for them.

From The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing by John Ruskin

Where were the Peers, the Lords Temporal who had ever formed part of the Government of England, the Lords Spiritual who represented the Church of Christ?

From St George's Cross by H. G. (Henry George) Keene

The Lords Temporal say nothing, the Lords Spiritual have nothing to say, and the House of Commons has nothing to say and says it.

From Miscellaneous Aphorisms; The Soul of Man by Oscar Wilde