PEARLY GATES meaning: Entrance to heaven, metaphorically depicted

We found 17 dictionaries that define the word pearly gates:

General (13 matching dictionaries)

pearly gates: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
pearly gates, the Pearly Gates, the pearly gates: Merriam-Webster
Pearly Gates: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
Pearly Gates: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
Pearly Gates: Collins English Dictionary
the pearly gates: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Pearly Gates, pearly gates: Wiktionary
Pearly Gates: Infoplease Dictionary
Pearly Gates: Dictionary.com
Pearly Gates (album), Pearly Gates (guitar), Pearly Gates (singer), Pearly Gates (song), Pearly gates: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Pearly Gates: TheFreeDictionary.com

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the pearly gates: Idioms

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)

pearly gates: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
Pearly gates: Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade
pearly gates: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Pearly Gates)

▸ noun:  (biblical) The entrance way to Heaven.
▸ noun:  (by extension) Heaven itself.
▸ noun:  Alternative letter-case form of pearly gates [(biblical) The entrance way to Heaven.]

Opposite:

hell, underworld, inferno, abyss

Types:

heaven, nirvana, paradise, afterlife, more...

Phrases:

the pearly gates, saint in pearly gates cartoons, more...

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