What does kingdom mean?

Definitions for kingdom
ˈkɪŋ dəmking·dom

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word kingdom.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. kingdom, land, realmnoun

    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. kingdomnoun

    a country with a king as head of state

  3. kingdom, realmnoun

    the domain ruled by a king or queen

  4. kingdomnoun

    a monarchy with a king or queen as head of state

  5. kingdomnoun

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

  6. kingdomnoun

    a basic group of natural objects

GCIDE

  1. Kingdomnoun

    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.

Wiktionary

  1. kingdomnoun

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

  2. kingdomnoun

    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)

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Kingdomnoun

    Etymology: from king.

    You’re welcome,
    Most learned, reverend sir, into our kingdom. William Shakespeare.

    Moses gave unto them the kingdom of Sihon, king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og, king of Bashan. Num. xxxii.

    The animal and vegetable kingdoms are so nearly joined, that if you take the lowest of one, and the highest of the other, there will scarce be perceived any difference. John Locke.

    The wat’ry kingdom is no bar
    To stop the foreign spirits; but they come,
    As o’er a brook, to see fair Portia. William Shakespeare, Merch. of Ven.

ChatGPT

  1. kingdom

    A kingdom is a large area of land that is ruled by a king or queen. It is a political or territorial unit which is often hereditary and is governed by a monarch. In a biological context, a kingdom is the highest classification into which living organisms are grouped in a hierarchical system of taxonomy.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Kingdomnoun

    the rank, quality, state, or attributes of a king; royal authority; sovereign power; rule; dominion; monarchy

  2. Kingdomnoun

    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

  3. Kingdomnoun

    an extensive scientific division distinguished by leading or ruling characteristics; a principal division; a department; as, the mineral kingdom

  4. Etymology: [AS. cyningdm. See 2d King, and -dom.]

Wikidata

  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.

Editors Contribution

  1. kingdomnoun

    The male ruler of an independent state as one who inherits the position by right of birth from a rounded vault forming the crown of a temple or structure typically for him and her with the shape of a woman.

    He and her creates the Kingdom to come.

    Etymology: Empire elected by a Nation


    Submitted by Tehorah_Elyon on February 26, 2024  

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. KINGDOM

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Kingdom is ranked #69996 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Kingdom surname appeared 280 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Kingdom.

    51% or 143 total occurrences were White.
    44.6% or 125 total occurrences were Black.
    2.1% or 6 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    1.7% or 5 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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

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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. John Bolton:

    It's very complicated inside Britain, i know they're going through a lot of turmoil. But really I think the president would like to reassure the people of the United Kingdom how strongly we feel, that we want to be there when they do come out of the European Union.

  2. David Cameron:

    We really value a strong United Kingdom in a strong EU because we see eye to eye ... on the important issues of the challenges we face, from a selfish point of view it's a really good thing, but it is entirely up to you folks to figure out your relationship with and within Europe.

  3. William Hague:

    The issue of fairness is strongly felt by people across the United Kingdom, and most intensely in recent months by people in England, that issue has to be addressed ... and it is dangerous for the United Kingdom for it not to be addressed.

  4. Ravi Mishra:

    If you don't see people mourning the death of Queen Elizabeth in India,( it is) because Queen Elizabeth in India doesn't have that connection with the new generation of Indians, queen Elizabeth in India was in a position of power for 70 years when Queen Elizabeth in India could have done a lot. You know, all the bad that United Kingdom did to this country and to the other countries around the world. Queen Elizabeth in India did nothing.

  5. Nigel Dodds:

    We want to see Brexit delivered, we believe the referendum result should be respected and delivered on, but it can't be at the risk of separating Northern Ireland out from the rest of the United Kingdom.

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