kingdom
a state or government having a king or queen as its head.
anything conceived as constituting a realm or sphere of independent action or control: the kingdom of thought.
a realm or province of nature, especially one of the three broad divisions of natural objects: the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms.
Biology. a taxonomic category of the second highest rank, just below domain: in a traditional five-kingdom classification scheme, separate kingdoms are assigned to animals (Animalia), plants (Plantae), fungi (Fungi), protozoa and eukaryotic algae (Protista), and bacteria (Monera).
the spiritual sovereignty of God or Christ.
the domain over which the spiritual sovereignty of God or Christ extends, whether in heaven or on earth.
Origin of kingdom
1synonym study For kingdom
Other words for kingdom
Other words from kingdom
- un·der·king·dom, noun
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How to use kingdom in a sentence
The US Navy’s Fifth Fleet is based in the small kingdom, and so they each have military and economic reasons to remain friendly.
Trump announces that Bahrain will normalize relations with Israel | Alex Ward | September 11, 2020 | VoxRecognition that gene loss has been important to evolution throughout the animal kingdom opens new doors for research.
By Losing Genes, Life Often Evolved More Complexity | Viviane Callier | September 1, 2020 | Quanta MagazineBy analyzing hundreds of genomes from across the animal kingdom, researchers in Spain and the United kingdom showed that a startling degree of gene loss pervades the tree of life.
By Losing Genes, Life Often Evolved More Complexity | Viviane Callier | September 1, 2020 | Quanta MagazineSurviving digestion-by-predator is rare, but not unheard of in the animal kingdom.
Water beetles can live on after being eaten and excreted by a frog | Jonathan Lambert | August 3, 2020 | Science NewsFrom large trees in the Amazon jungle to houseplants to seaweed in the ocean, green is the color that reigns over the plant kingdom.
Why Are Plants Green? To Reduce the Noise in Photosynthesis. | Rodrigo Pérez Ortega | July 30, 2020 | Quanta Magazine
But give the kingdom credit for its sense of mercy: The lashes will be administered only 50 at a time.
A variety of systems were in place across countries like the United kingdom, France, and Australia.
Propaganda, Protest, and Poisonous Vipers: The Cinema War in Korea | Rich Goldstein | December 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFuming Iranian officials blamed the United States and United kingdom for backing the militants, and Pakistan for inaction.
The Dangerous Drug-Funded Secret War Between Iran and Pakistan | Umar Farooq | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe young Jordanian pilot comes from a well-known military family in the kingdom and his uncle is a retired major general.
Did ISIS Shoot Down a Fighter Jet? | Jamie Dettmer, Christopher Dickey | December 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe FBI and the President may claim that the Hermit kingdom is to blame for the most high-profile network breach in forever.
But the greatest danger I ever underwent in that kingdom was from a monkey, who belonged to one of the clerks of the kitchen.
Gulliver's Travels | Jonathan SwiftBut if what I told him were true, he was still at a loss how a kingdom could run out of its estate like a private person.
Gulliver's Travels | Jonathan SwiftThat thou shouldst make the kingdom to be divided, and out of Ephraim a rebellious kingdom to rule.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousThe prizes were plate, and the profits were to be expended in repairing the havens of the kingdom.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellWhile the majority pulled in one way there was an active minority that wished the Nana to set up an independent kingdom.
The Red Year | Louis Tracy
British Dictionary definitions for kingdom
/ (ˈkɪŋdəm) /
a territory, state, people, or community ruled or reigned over by a king or queen
any of the three groups into which natural objects may be divided: the animal, plant, and mineral kingdoms
biology any of the major categories into which living organisms of the domain Eukarya are classified. Modern systems recognize four kingdoms: Protoctista (algae, protozoans, etc), Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia: See also domain (def. 12)
theol the eternal sovereignty of God
an area of activity, esp mental activity, considered as being the province of something specified: the kingdom of the mind
Derived forms of kingdom
- kingdomless, adjective
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Scientific definitions for kingdom
[ kĭng′dəm ]
The highest classification into which living organisms are grouped in Linnean taxonomy, ranking above a phylum. One widely accepted system of classification divides life into five kingdoms: prokaryotes, protists, fungi, plants, and animals. See Table at taxonomy.
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Cultural definitions for kingdom
In biology, the largest of the divisions of living things. The best-known kingdoms are those of the plants and animals. Modern biologists recognize three additional kingdoms: Monera (or Prokaryotae) (for example, bacteria and blue-green algae), Protoctista (for example, red algae, slime molds, and amoebas and other protozoa), and fungi. (See Linnean classification.)
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