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• plural of Lord Temporal.

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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Lords Temporal

There are seven Electors; four high nobles of the Empire and three Archbishops, Lords Temporal and Lords Spiritual.

From The Sword Maker by Barr, Robert

As "the Lords Spiritual" are always placed before "the Lords Temporal," he is obliged to rank the clergy before the nobility in spite of the order of precedency observed in the Collect.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 102, October 11, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

Marquette was claimed by the Lords Spiritual,* as well as by the Lords Temporal.

From Men, Women, and Gods And Other Lectures by Gardener, Helen H. (Helen Hamilton)

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 Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield