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    The Lords Temporal are secular members of the House of Lords, the upper house of the British Parliament. These can be either life peers or hereditary peers...
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    Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled. It is also referred to as the House of Peers or the Lords Spiritual and Temporal by metonymy...
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    represented. The Lords Spiritual are distinct from the Lords Temporal, their secular counterparts who also sit in the House of Lords. There are 42 dioceses...
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    house. The House of Lords is the upper chamber of Parliament, comprising two types of members. The most numerous are the Lords Temporal, consisting mainly...
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  • seats allocated by seniority. Lords Temporal include life peers, excepted hereditary peers elected under the House of Lords Act 1999 and remaining law life...
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  • disqualified from sitting in the Lords until they no longer hold a judicial position. Most non-party Lords Temporal are crossbenchers. Peers may also...
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    occasions: Parliament robes, worn on ceremonial occasions in the House of Lords, and Coronation robes, worn at coronations of monarchs. Peers wear a robe...
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  • in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom by which a new member is "introduced" to the existing membership. Introductions in the Lords are more elaborate...
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  • (The three estates of the parliament of Britain were: the Lords Spiritual, the Lords Temporal and the Commons.) If Burke made the statement Carlyle associates...
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  • Lords Temporal, secular members of the House of Lords Trịnh Lords, Vietnamese rulers (1553-1789) Lords Feoffees, English charitable trust Lords of Acid...
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