keys of the kingdom

English

Noun

keys of the kingdom pl (plural only)

Alternative form of keys to the kingdom
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 16:19:
  "I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven."
- 1911, Andrew Lang, chapter 26, in A Short History of Scotland:
  The malcontents intrigued with Holland in 1666, and schemed to capture the three Keys of the Kingdom—the castles of Stirling, Dumbarton, and Edinburgh.

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