释义 |
church-key The key of the church-door, or of other locked place in the church; fig. in quot. 1685 alluding to the ‘power of the keys’.
1393Gower Conf. I. 12 Into the swerd the chirche keie Is torned. 1518in Glasscock Rec. St. Michael's, Bp. Stortford (1882) 36 A new lather bag to bere in the chirch keyes, ijd. 1685Baxter Paraphr. N.T. (1701) Postscr., When Gregory VII fell on mastering Princes by his Church-Keys, etc. |