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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Kingdom \King"dom\, noun [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.
Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. --Ps. cxiv. 13.
When Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself. --2 Chron. xxi. 4.
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.
Unto the kingdom of perpetual night. --Shak.
You're welcome, Most learned reverend sir, into our kingdom. --Shak.
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.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
noun
1: 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}]
2: a country with a king as head of state
3: the domain ruled by a king or queen [syn: {kingdom}, {realm}]
4: a monarchy with a king or queen as head of state
5: the highest taxonomic group into which organisms are grouped; one of five biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia
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