palace gates
Monarch's grand doorway
Palace gates are the main entrance gates to a palace, typically large, ornate, and guarded.
The term often refers specifically to the gates as a symbolic boundary between royal life and the public: Crowds gathered at the palace gates to await news.
Figuratively, palace gates represent access to power or exclusivity: lobbyists waiting at the palace gates.
- grand entranceOstentatious way to appear
- entrancePoint of access
- ironElement twenty-six
- iron barsMetal rods forming barriers
- guardsProtectors or watchmen
changing of the guard · royal · royal residence · castle · castle walls · fortress · archway · sentries · threshold · kingdom · crown jewels · ceremonial · coat of arms · imposing · gilded · ornate · wrought · towering
- Kensington Palaceorangery
- ancient gates
- royal guardsroyal guard, Beefeater, guardsman, Swiss Guard, Queen's Guard
- AssyriaNineveh, Assyrian Empire, Neo-Assyrian Empire, cuneiform, royal inscriptions
palace gatesopen door
Barrier removed for entry
welcome mat · open arms · drawbridge · portcullis · barricade
palace, palaces, palatial, palatine, paladin, gate, gates, gated, gating