Definitions for kingdom
ˈkɪŋ dəmking·dom

Princeton's WordNet(3.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. kingdom, land, realm(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"

2. kingdom(noun)

   a country with a king as head of state

3. kingdom, realm(noun)

   the domain ruled by a king or queen

4. kingdom(noun)

   a monarchy with a king or queen as head of state

5. kingdom(noun)

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

6. kingdom(noun)

   a basic group of natural objects

GCIDE(3.80 / 10 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Kingdom(n.)

   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. kingdom(Noun)

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

2. kingdom(Noun)

   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. Kingdom(noun)

   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. Kingdom(noun)

   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. Kingdom(noun)

   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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1. kingdom

   Song lyrics by kingdom -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by kingdom on the Lyrics.com website.

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. Riccardo Tisci:

   My first year at Burberry was about understanding and refining the new codification for the house. With that foundation in place, I feel ready to start exploring what's at the heart of this incredible brand, this is the story behind this collection, a collection inspired by our past and dedicated to our future. It's the evolution of our Burberry kingdom.

2. 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.

3. Zoe Kravitz:

   It's not males are leading and the females are being suppressed or the females are leading and the males are being suppressed, there's equality between the kingdom and the queendom and I think that's all that needs to happen in our modern world.

4. Uncle Steve:

   Even though it may be sad here for us... not having her here and needing her here, God has gained an angel in his kingdom.

5. Mark McGee:

   Paul's evangelistic mission was different from the Kingdom Apostles, but in many ways the same. The Kingdom Apostles preached Jesus the Messiah, ready to return to Israel and set up His Messianic Kingdom. From Israel, the Apostles, with Christ on David's Throne, were to go into all the world and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to observe everything Christ had commanded them. They would do that because all authority in heaven and on earth had been given to Christ. As we all know, that did not happen. It will happen in the future, but it has not yet happened. What has happened is that Christ revealed a Mystery through His Special Apostle Paul.

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