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–noun

1.	a state or government having a king or queen as its head.

2.	anything conceived as constituting a realm or sphere of independent action or control: the kingdom of thought.

3.	a realm or province of nature, esp. one of the three broad divisions of natural objects: the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms.

Biology. a taxonomic category of the highest rank, grouping together all forms of life having certain fundamental characteristics in common: in the five-kingdom classification scheme adopted by many biologists, separate kingdoms are assigned to animals (Animalia), plants (Plantae), fungi (Fungi), protozoa and eucaryotic algae (Protista), and bacteria and blue-green algae (Monera).

5.	the spiritual sovereignty of God or Christ.

6.	the domain over which the spiritual sovereignty of God or Christ extends, whether in heaven or on earth.

[Origin: bef. 1000; ME; OE cyningdōm. See king, -dom

]

—Synonyms 1. Kingdom, monarchy, realm refer to the state or domain ruled by a king or queen. A kingdom is a governmental unit ruled by a king or queen: the kingdom of Norway. A monarchy is primarily a form of government in which a single person is sovereign; it is also the type of power exercised by the monarch: This kingdom is not an absolute monarchy. A realm is the domain, including the subjects, over which the king has jurisdiction; figuratively, a sphere of power or influence: the laws of the realm. 2. dominion, empire, domain.

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king·dom Audio Help (kĭng'dəm) Pronunciation Key
n.

A political or territorial unit ruled by a sovereign.
1. The eternal spiritual sovereignty of God or Christ.
2. The realm of this sovereignty.
A realm or sphere in which one thing is dominant: the kingdom of the imagination.
One of the three main divisions (animal, vegetable, and mineral) into which natural organisms and objects are classified.
In the Linnaean taxonomic system, the highest taxonomic classification into which organisms are grouped, based on fundamental similarities and common ancestry. The Linnaean system designates five such classifications: animals, plants, fungi, prokaryotes, and protoctists. See Table at taxonomy.

[Middle English, from Old English cyningdōm : cyning, king; see king + -dōm, -dom.]

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kingdom
noun
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"
2.	a country with a king as head of state
3.	the domain ruled by a king or queen
4.	a monarchy with a king or queen as head of state
5.	the highest taxonomic group into which organisms are grouped; one of five biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia
6.	a basic group of natural objects

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ˈkingdom1 noun

a state having a king (or queen) as its head
Example: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; He rules over a large kingdom.

Arabic:	مَمْلَكَه
Chinese (Simplified):	王国
Chinese (Traditional):	王國
Czech:	království
Danish:	kongedømme
Dutch:	koninkrijk
Estonian:	kuningriik
Finnish:	kuningaskunta
French:	royaume
German:	das Königreich
Greek:	βασίλειο
Hungarian:	királyság
Icelandic:	konungdæmi
Indonesian:	kerajaan
Italian:	regno

Japanese:	王国
Korean:	왕국
Latvian:	karaliste; karaļvalsts
Lithuanian:	karalystė
Norwegian:	kongedømme, *-rike
Polish:	królestwo
Portuguese (Brazil):	reino
Portuguese (Portugal):	reino
Romanian:	regat
Russian:	королевство
Slovak:	kráľovstvo
Slovenian:	kraljestvo
Spanish:	reino
Swedish:	kungarike, -döme
Turkish:	krallık

ˈkingdom2 noun

any of the three great divisions of natural objects
Example: the animal, vegetable and mineral kingdoms

Arabic:	مَمْلَكة الحَيوان أو النَّبات أو المَعادِن
Chinese (Simplified):	界（生物的三大分界）
Chinese (Traditional):	界(生物的三大分界:動物﹑植物﹑礦物)
Czech:	říše
Danish:	rige
Dutch:	rijk
Estonian:	-riik
Finnish:	kunta
French:	règne
German:	-reich
Greek:	βασίλειο (ως υποδιαίρεση των φυσικών αντικειμένων)
Hungarian:	-világ
Icelandic:	ríki náttúrunnar
Indonesian:	dunia
Italian:	regno

Japanese:	～界
Korean:	…계(界)
Latvian:	(augu, dzīvnieku utt.) valsts
Lithuanian:	pasaulis
Norwegian:	(dyre-, plante-, mineral)riket
Polish:	świat, królestwo
Portuguese (Brazil):	reino
Portuguese (Portugal):	reino
Romanian:	regn
Russian:	царство
Slovak:	ríša
Slovenian:	kraljestvo
Spanish:	reino
Swedish:	rike
Turkish:	âlem

See also: king-size(d), kingfisher, kingly, king

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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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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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Kingdom City, MO (village, FIPS 38792) Location: 38.94631 N, 91.93722 W
Population (1990): 112 (44 housing units)
Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 65262

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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.

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