Definitions for kingdom
ˈkɪŋ dəmking·dom

Princeton's WordNet(3.25 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. kingdom, land, realmnoun

   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"

2. kingdomnoun

   a country with a king as head of state

3. kingdom, realmnoun

   the domain ruled by a king or queen

4. kingdomnoun

   a monarchy with a king or queen as head of state

5. kingdomnoun

   the highest taxonomic group into which organisms are grouped; one of five biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia

6. kingdomnoun

   a basic group of natural objects

GCIDE(3.80 / 10 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Kingdomnoun

   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.

   Etymology: [AS. cyningdm. See 2d King, and -dom.]

Wiktionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. kingdomnoun

   A nation having as supreme ruler a king and/or queen.

2. kingdomnoun

   A rank in the classification of organisms, below domain and above phylum; a taxon at that rank (e.g. the plant kingdom, the animal kingdom)

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Kingdomnoun

   the rank, quality, state, or attributes of a king; royal authority; sovereign power; rule; dominion; monarchy

   Etymology: [AS. cyningdm. See 2d King, and -dom.]

2. Kingdomnoun

   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

   Etymology: [AS. cyningdm. See 2d King, and -dom.]

3. Kingdomnoun

   an extensive scientific division distinguished by leading or ruling characteristics; a principal division; a department; as, the mineral kingdom

   Etymology: [AS. cyningdm. See 2d King, and -dom.]

Freebase(3.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Kingdom

   In biology, kingdom is a taxonomic rank, which is either the highest rank or in the more recent three-domain system, the rank below domain. Kingdoms are divided into smaller groups called phyla or divisions in botany. Currently, textbooks from the United States use a system of six kingdoms while British, Australian and Latin American textbooks may describe five kingdoms. Some recent classifications have explicitly abandoned the term "kingdom", noting that the traditional kingdoms are not monophyletic, i.e., do not consist of all the descendants of a common ancestor.

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Matched Categories

1. • Country
   • Group
   • Monarchy
   • Sphere
   • Taxonomic Group

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'kingdom' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2294

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'kingdom' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4409

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'kingdom' in Nouns Frequency: #1587

How to pronounce kingdom?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

How to say kingdom in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of kingdom in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of kingdom in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of kingdom in a Sentence

1. Steve Moorhouse:

   The arrival of the Carrier Strike Group in Southeast Asia is a clear sign that the United Kingdom is ready to work with friends and partners, new and old, to strengthen the security and freedoms upon which we mutually depend.

2. PHILIP GRAHAM RYKEN:

   A House Divided Understand what is at stake in the decision we make for or against Jesus Christ. To serve God’s true and eternal King is to enter the way to everlasting life. Through faith in Christ, we will enter paradise. But to reject the kingship of Christ is to fall under the judgment of God. If we go our own way in life—if we insist on having the upper hand over other people, refusing to give up our foolish and selfish pleasures, always breaking God’s commandments and never submitting to his will for our lives—then we will never enter the kingdom of God. Unless we repent, we will be lost forever.

3. Le Pen:

   I support the referendum in the United Kingdom because I want all the countries in the EU to have this choice, but even if we don't get Brexit, it will present a huge new problem for the European Union which has pledged to give Britain special rights if it stays that other countries won't have. So this could be the beginning of Europe a la carte.

4. Christopher Woodhouse:

   I was always a 'small u' unionist. But I could not in all good conscience say I could vote for Northern Ireland to remain a member of the United Kingdom, i am softening to the idea of Irish unity, purely on economic issues.

5. Mike Pompeo:

   The time is now for the cessation of hostilities, including missile and UAV strikes from Houthi-controlled areas into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Subsequently, Coalition air strikes must cease in all populated areas in Yemen, we've got to move toward a peace effort here, and you can't say we're going to do it sometime in the future. We need to be doing this in the next 30 days. We've admired this problem for long enough down there, and I believe that Saudi Arabia and the Emirates are ready, and in fact had the Houthis not walked out of the last effort that Martin Griffiths had going, we'd probably be on our way there right now.

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