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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024king•dom /ˈkɪŋdəm/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Governmenta state or government having a king or queen as its head.
- anything making up an area or domain (as of study, thought, etc.):the kingdom of thought.
- any of one of the three broad divisions of natural objects:the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024king•dom (king′dəm),USA pronunciation n. - Governmenta state or government having a king or queen as its head.
- anything conceived as constituting a realm or sphere of independent action or control:the kingdom of thought.
- a realm or province of nature, esp. one of the three broad divisions of natural objects:the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms.
- Biologya taxonomic category of the highest rank, grouping together all forms of life having certain fundamental characteristics in common: in the five-kingdom classification scheme adopted by many biologists, separate kingdoms are assigned to animals (Animalia), plants (Plantae), fungi (Fungi), protozoa and eucaryotic algae (Protista), and bacteria and blue-green algae (Monera).
- Religionthe spiritual sovereignty of God or Christ.
- Religionthe domain over which the spiritual sovereignty of God or Christ extends, whether in heaven or on earth.
- bef. 1000; Middle English; Old English cyningdōm. See king, -dom
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged Kingdom, monarchy, realm refer to the state or domain ruled by a king or queen. A kingdom is a governmental unit ruled by a king or queen:the kingdom of Norway.A monarchy is primarily a form of government in which a single person is sovereign; it is also the type of power exercised by the monarch:This kingdom is not an absolute monarchy.A realm is the domain, including the subjects, over which the king has jurisdiction; figuratively, a sphere of power or influence:the laws of the realm.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged dominion, empire, domain.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: kingdom /ˈkɪŋdəm/ n - a territory, state, people, or community ruled or reigned over by a king or queen
- any of the three groups into which natural objects may be divided: the animal, plant, and mineral kingdoms
- any of the major categories into which living organisms of the domain Eukarya are classified. Modern systems recognize four kingdoms: Protoctista (algae, protozoans, etc), Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia
See also domain - the eternal sovereignty of God
- an area of activity, esp mental activity, considered as being the province of something specified: the kingdom of the mind
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