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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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Lords Spiritual
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The 26 leading clergy of the *Church of England, who sit in the House of *Lords. They consist of the archbishops of Canterbury and of York; the bishops of London, Winchester and Durham; and the 21 senior bishops by order of election to a diocese. The other members of the peerage are defined by contrast as the Lords Temporal.
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