| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Hell Gates | Literature | According to Milton, are nine-fold - three of brass, three of iron, and three of adamant; the keepers are Sin and Death. This allegory is one of the most celebrated passages of Paradise Lost. (See book ii. 643-676.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
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