keys of the kingdom
English
Noun
keys of the kingdom pl (plural only)
- Alternative form of keys to the kingdom
- 1611, King James Authorized Version of the Holy Bible, Matthew, 16:19:
- "I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven."
- 1911, Andrew Lang, A Short History of Scotland, ch. 26:
- The malcontents intrigued with Holland in 1666, and schemed to capture the three Keys of the Kingdom—the castles of Stirling, Dumbarton, and Edinburgh.
- 1611, King James Authorized Version of the Holy Bible, Matthew, 16:19:
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