'United Kingdom' definitions:
Definition of 'United Kingdom'
From: WordNet
noun
A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom [syn: United Kingdom, UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain]
Definition of 'United 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]