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   King·dom

   /ˈkiNGdəm/

   

   noun

   • 1. a country, state, or territory ruled by a king or queen: "the Kingdom of the Netherlands" Similar realmdomaindominioncountrylandnationstatesovereign stateprovinceterritoryempireprincipalitypalatinateduchy
   • ▪ a realm associated with or regarded as being under the control of a particular person or thing: "the kingdom of dreams" Similar domainprovincerealmspheresphere/field of influencedominionarea of powerdepartmentterritoryfieldarenazoneorbit
   • 2. the spiritual reign or authority of God.
   • ▪ the rule of God or Christ in a future age.
   • ▪ heaven as the abode of God and of the faithful after death.
   • 3. each of the three traditional divisions (animal, vegetable, and mineral) in which natural objects have conventionally been classified. Similar divisioncategoryclassificationgroupinggroupclassfamilygenuskindorderbranch
   • ▪ the highest category in taxonomic classification.

   Word Origin Old Englishcyningdōm ‘kingship’ (see king, -dom).

   Scrabble Points: 15

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