English Explanatory Dictionary

House of Keys

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The lower house of Tynwald, the Isle of Man parliament.

Word forms

House of Keys the House of Keys

Etymology

Disputed. Possibly from keys (a Latin document from 1417 refers to Claves Mann and Claves Legis: the Keys of Mann and the Keys of Law); possibly from Norse verb kjósa, "to choose"; possibly from the Manx term kiare as feed, "twenty-four", because the House has always had 24 members.

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