Lords Temporal

plural noun

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

Example Sentences

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.

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First of all came the Lords Spiritual and then the Lords Temporal, and then the rest of the goodly company, according to their rank and condition.

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

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

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

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