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-5. A piece of wood, from seven inches to two feet long, fitted with pegs which correspond to small holes in the bolt within; the key put through a hole draws the bolt. The symbol of authority to open or shut (; ; ). A chamberlain's (eunuch) badge of office is often a key, hung by a kerchief "on the shoulders" (). The power of the keys was given to Peter and the other apostles only at times (; ) when, and in so far as, Christ made him and them infallible. Peter rightly opened the gospel door to the Gentiles (Acts 10; -18; ), but he wrongly tried to shut it again (-18; compare ).