'Kingdom' definitions:
Definition of 'kingdom'
(from WordNet)
noun
A domain in which something is dominant; "the untroubled kingdom of reason"; "a land of make-believe"; "the rise of the realm of cotton in the south" [syn: kingdom, land, realm]
noun
A country with a king as head of state
noun
The domain ruled by a king or queen [syn: kingdom, realm]
noun
A monarchy with a king or queen as head of state
noun
The highest taxonomic group into which organisms are grouped; one of five biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia
noun
A basic group of natural objects
Definition of 'Kingdom'
From: GCIDE
- Kingdom \King"dom\, n. [AS. cyningd[=o]m. See 2d King, and -dom.]
- 1. The rank, quality, state, or attributes of a king; royal authority; sovereign power; rule; dominion; monarchy. [1913 Webster]
- Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. --Ps. cxiv. 13. [1913 Webster]
- When Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself. --2 Chron. xxi. 4. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The territory or country subject to a king or queen; the dominion of a monarch; the sphere in which one is king or has control. [1913 Webster]
- Unto the kingdom of perpetual night. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- You're welcome, Most learned reverend sir, into our kingdom. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. An extensive scientific division distinguished by leading or ruling characteristics; a principal division; a department; as, the mineral kingdom. In modern biology, the division of life into five kingdoms is widely used for classification. "The animal and vegetable kingdoms." --Locke. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- Animal kingdom. See under Animal.
- Kingdom of God. (a) The universe. (b) That spiritual realm of which God is the acknowledged sovereign. (c) The authority or dominion of God.
- Mineral kingdom. See under Mineral.
- United Kingdom. See under United.
- Vegetable kingdom. See under Vegetable.
- Syn: Realm; empire; dominion; monarchy; sovereignty; domain. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'kingdom'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ally,
- animal kingdom,
- antonomasia,
- archduchy,
- archdukedom,
- area,
- bailiwick,
- binomial nomenclature,
- biological classification,
- biosystematics,
- biosystematy,
- biotype,
- body politic,
- branch,
- buffer state,
- captive nation,
- chain of being,
- chieftaincy,
- chieftainry,
- city-state,
- class,
- class structure,
- classification,
- colony,
- commonweal,
- commonwealth,
- country,
- county,
- domain,
- dominion,
- duchy,
- dukedom,
- earldom,
- empery,
- empire,
- establishment,
- family,
- field,
- free city,
- genotype,
- genus,
- glossology,
- grand duchy,
- hierarchy,
- land,
- mandant,
- mandate,
- mandated territory,
- mandatee,
- mandatory,
- mineral kingdom,
- monarchy,
- nation,
- nationality,
- natural hierarchy,
- nomenclature,
- onomastics,
- onomatology,
- order,
- orismology,
- pecking order,
- phylum,
- place-names,
- place-naming,
- polis,
- polity,
- polyonymy,
- possession,
- power,
- power structure,
- principality,
- principate,
- protectorate,
- province,
- puppet government,
- puppet regime,
- pyramid,
- realm,
- republic,
- satellite,
- section,
- seneschalty,
- series,
- settlement,
- sovereign nation,
- sovereignty,
- species,
- sphere of influence,
- state,
- subclass,
- subfamily,
- subgenus,
- subkingdom,
- suborder,
- subspecies,
- subtribe,
- sultanate,
- superclass,
- superfamily,
- superorder,
- superpower,
- superspecies,
- systematics,
- taxonomy,
- terminology,
- territory,
- toparchia,
- toparchy,
- toponymy,
- tribe,
- trinomialism,
- turf,
- variety,
- vegetable kingdom
Words containing 'Kingdom'
- Kingdomed,
- Animal kingdom,
- Kingdom City,
- Kingdom of God,
- Middle Kingdom,
- Mineral kingdom,
- The United Kingdom,
- The flowery kingdom,
- United Kingdom,
- Vegetable kingdom,
- babylon kingdom of,
- fungus kingdom,
- israel kingdom of,
- judah kingdom of,
- kingdom animalia,
- kingdom come,
- kingdom fungi,
- kingdom monera,
- kingdom of belgium,
- kingdom of bhutan,
- kingdom of cambodia,
- kingdom of denmark,
- kingdom of lesotho,
- kingdom of morocco,
- kingdom of nepal,
- kingdom of norway,
- kingdom of spain,
- kingdom of swaziland,
- kingdom of sweden,
- kingdom of thailand,
- kingdom of the netherlands,
- kingdom of tonga,
- kingdom plantae,
- kingdom prokaryotae,
- kingdom protoctista,
- plant kingdom,
- Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,
- Kingdom City, MO,
- capital of the united kingdom,
- kingdom of saudi arabia,
- united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland