kingdom
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English kingdom, kyngdom, from Old English cyningdōm from Proto-Germanic *kuningadōmaz, equivalent to king + -dom. Cognate with Scots kingdom, West Frisian keuningdom, Dutch koningdom, German Königtum, Danish kongedømme, Swedish kungadöme, and Icelandic konungdómur.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: kĭng'dəm, IPA(key): /ˈkɪŋdəm/
Audio (General American): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪŋdəm
- Hyphenation: king‧dom
Noun
kingdom (plural kingdoms)
- A realm having a king and/or queen as its actual or nominal sovereign.
- A realm, region, or conceptual space where something is dominant.
- the kingdom of thought
- the kingdom of the dead
- (taxonomy) 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).
Synonyms
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- blow to kingdom come
- Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
- hermit kingdom
- infrakingdom
- it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God
- keys of the kingdom
- keys to the kingdom
- kingdom come
- Kingdom County
- Kingdom of Bahrain
- Kingdom of Belgium
- Kingdom of Bhutan
- Kingdom of Cambodia
- Kingdom of Denmark
- Kingdom of England
- Kingdom of Eswatini
- kingdom of glory
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Kingdom of Heaven
- Kingdom of Ireland
- Kingdom of Lesotho
- Kingdom of Morocco
- Kingdom of Norway
- kingdom of Pisces
- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Kingdom of Scotland
- Kingdom of Spain
- Kingdom of Sweden
- Kingdom of Thailand
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Kingdom of Tonga
- my kingdom for a horse
- overkingdom
- subkingdom
- superkingdom
- United Kingdom
- United Kingdom of Great Britain
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- unkingdom
Translations
realm having as supreme ruler a king and/or queen
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realm, region, or conceptual space where something is dominant
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taxonomic division, below Domain and above Phylum
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See also
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English cyningdōm, from Proto-Germanic *kuningadōmaz. Equivalent to king + -dom.
Etymology tree
Old English cyningdōm
Middle English kingdom
Pronunciation
Noun
kingdom (plural kingdoms)
- dominion, lordship, rulership
- (Christianity) The dominion and authority of God
- kingdom, monarchy
- state, realm
- tribe, clan
- region, domain, zone
- (astrology) The region where a planet's influence predominates
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “MED24300, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-31.
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