As a relapsed heretic, he was left to the secular arm by Chichele.

Lord Merkeset and the nobility represented the secular arm of the state.

Until the latter part of the eleventh century, the balance lay heavily with the secular arm.

The most serious punishment was relaxation to the secular arm for burning at the stake-the Church did not itself kill.

Then, in July of that same year, the first day of the month, the heretics were handed over to the secular arm.

The custody of the defendant's body is always entrusted to the secular arm.

By a papal bull, he was degraded, and delivered over to the secular arm.

"He we have given over to the secular arm; of him, there was no doubt."

With a final word he delivered her over to the secular arm for judgment and sentence.

Robert wanted a public demonstration that henceforth all responsibility lay with the secular arm, and none within his sacred walls.