keys of the kingdom

English

Noun

keys of the kingdom pl (plural only)

1. 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.