What does kingdom mean?

Definitions for kingdom
ˈkɪŋ dəmking·dom

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word kingdom.

Princeton's WordNet

  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

  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.

Wiktionary

  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)

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Kingdomnoun

    Etymology: from king.

    You’re welcome,
    Most learned, reverend sir, into our kingdom. William Shakespeare.

    Moses gave unto them the kingdom of Sihon, king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og, king of Bashan. Num. xxxii.

    The animal and vegetable kingdoms are so nearly joined, that if you take the lowest of one, and the highest of the other, there will scarce be perceived any difference. John Locke.

    The wat’ry kingdom is no bar
    To stop the foreign spirits; but they come,
    As o’er a brook, to see fair Portia. William Shakespeare, Merch. of Ven.

ChatGPT

  1. kingdom

    A kingdom is a large area of land that is ruled by a king or queen. It is a political or territorial unit which is often hereditary and is governed by a monarch. In a biological context, a kingdom is the highest classification into which living organisms are grouped in a hierarchical system of taxonomy.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Kingdomnoun

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

  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

  3. Kingdomnoun

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

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

Wikidata

  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.

Editors Contribution

  1. kingdomnoun

    The male ruler of an independent state as one who inherits the position by right of birth from a rounded vault forming the crown of a temple or structure typically with the shape of a woman.

    He and her creates the Kingdom to come.

    Etymology: Empire elected by a Nation


    Submitted by Tony_Elyon on February 26, 2024  

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. KINGDOM

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Kingdom is ranked #69996 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Kingdom surname appeared 280 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Kingdom.

    51% or 143 total occurrences were White.
    44.6% or 125 total occurrences were Black.
    2.1% or 6 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    1.7% or 5 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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

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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. Prime Minister David Cameron:

    It is wrong for the United Kingdom to sub-contract its security to other countries, and to expect the aircrews of other nations to carry the burdens and the risks of striking ISIL in Syria to stop terrorism here in Britain.

  2. European Council President Donald Tusk:

    We need ... a good solution for Cameron and Great Britain under existing law, we need the United Kingdom in Europe ... And I feel, but it's not my role to decide about it, but I feel that the United Kingdom needs Europe.

  3. Douglas Carlton Abrams:

    As long as desire is banished from the kingdom of Heaven, there will always be a long line at the Gates of Hell.

  4. Ernest Fremont Title:

    The New Testament makes it abundantly clear that whenever the Kingdom of God was concerned Jesus was absolutely uncompromising, even when he realized that for him personally the alternative to compromise was crucifixion.

  5. Saudi Foreign Minister:

    The kingdom had reached an understanding to calm the situation on the border ... From time to time, violations of the truce or the period of calm happen but we must look forward and focus on achieving a political settlement.

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