单词 | lords temporal |
释义 | > as lemmasLords Temporal Lords Temporal n. (occasionally in singular) (the title of) the secular members of the House of Lords (see sense A. 11a). [Compare post-classical Latin domini temporales (from c1394 in British sources), Anglo-Norman seignurs temporels (a1307 or earlier); compare temporal adj.1 3. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > lord or lady > [noun] > peer or lord of parliament > lay peers Lords Temporal1399 1399 Rolls of Parl.: Henry IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1399 Pleas §9. m. 2 The Kyng, to wyt..the trowthe of this matere, and to come to the best jugement..by the avys of his lordes temporels. 1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 94 The third Statute was there made concerning the Lords temporall and other of the Nobility & Gentry of this land. 1899 G. O. Trevelyan Amer. Revol. (ed. 2) I. ii. 89 About any individual Right Honourable gentleman or Lord Temporal the colonists knew little, and cared less. 1999 Guardian 12 June 22/4 In contrast to the Lords Temporal, the Lords Spiritual have no marks of social distinction attached to them at all. < as lemmas |
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