kingdom : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: kingdom	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for kingdom
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kingdom n 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" Synonym(s): kingdom, land, realm a country with a king as head of state the domain ruled by a king or queen Synonym(s): kingdom, realm a monarchy with a king or queen as head of state the highest taxonomic group into which organisms are grouped; one of five biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia a basic group of natural objects
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. [bd]The animal and vegetable kingdoms.[b8] --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.