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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Kingdom \King"dom\, n. [AS. cyningd?m. See 2d {King}, and -{dom}.] 1. The rank, quality, state, or attributes of a king; royal authority; sovereign power; rule dominion; monarchy. Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. --Ps. cxiv. 13. When Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself. --2 Chron. xxi. 4. 2. 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. Unto the kingdom of perpetual night. --Shak. You're welcome, Most learned reverend sir, into our kingdom. --Shak. 3. An extensive scientific division distinguished by leading or ruling characteristics; a principal division; a department; as the mineral kingdom. ``The animal and vegetable kingdoms.'' --Locke. {Animal kingdom}. See under {Animal}. {Kingdom of God}. a The universe. b That spiritual realm of which God is the acknowledged sovereign. c The authority or dominion of God. {Mineral kingdom}. See under {Mineral}. {United Kingdom}. See under {United}. {Vegetable kingdom}. See under {Vegetable}. Syn: Realm; empire; dominion; monarchy; sovereignty; domain. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: kingdom n 1: 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" [syn: {land}, {realm}] 2: a country with a king as head of state 3: the domain ruled by a king or queen [syn: {realm}] 4: a monarchy with a king or queen as head of state 5: one of five biological categories: Monera or Protista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia 6: a basic group of natural objects
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