Meaning of pearly gates | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The entrance way to Heaven.
   plural, plural-only
2. Alternative letter-case form of pearly gates.
   alt-of, plural, plural-only
3. Heaven itself.
   broadly, plural, plural-only

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Examples

“When shall these eyes thy heaven-built walls / And pearly gates behold?”

“This immense wealth; this gilded splendor; this profusion of luxury; this exemption from toil; this life of ease; this sea of plenty; aye, what of it all? Are the pearly gates of happiness and sweet content flung open⟳ to such suitors?”

“The narrowness of the imagination of the old masters is generally depicted in their canvases. Heaven to them was a serious business of pearly gates, harps, halos, and aërial flights on ambient pale clouds.”

“I'd toss for pennies on the front steps of the New Jerusalem or set⟳ up a faro layout just outside the Pearly Gates.”

“By the time they got a doctor down / I was already dead / And I'll never understand⟳ why the man / Standing in the Pearly Gates said…”

“When I'm at the pearly gates / This'll be on my videotape, my videotape”

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