[
US
/ˈkɪŋdəm/
]
[ UK /kˈɪŋdəm/ ]
[ UK /kˈɪŋdəm/ ]
NOUN
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a domain in which something is dominant
a land of make-believe
the rise of the realm of cotton in the south
the untroubled kingdom of reason - the highest taxonomic group into which organisms are grouped; one of five biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia
- the domain ruled by a king or queen
- a basic group of natural objects
- a monarchy with a king or queen as head of state
- a country with a king as head of state
How To Use kingdom In A Sentence
- The chapel or church claims greater antiquity than any other in that part of the kingdom; but there is no appearance of this in the external aspect of the present edifice, unless it be in the two eastern windows, which remain unmodernized, and in the lower part of the steeple. The Life of Charlotte Bronte
- This dominion not only extends over the open seas, but also over all creeks, arms of the sea, havens, ports, and tide-rivers, as far as the reach of the tide, around the coasts of the kingdom.
- It is the Elephant and Walrus Kingdoms that greet you today.
- The kingdom persists, although it does not make territorial claims. Times, Sunday Times
- As with all Dizzy games, Crystal Kingdom is jam-packed with perplexing puzzles to solve.
- The bomb exploded and blew them all to kingdom come.
- Its inward sign is the true spiritual kingdom: the covenantal relationship between God and believers.
- Under the editorship of Professor Robert L. Cleve, PhD, OAF, KCR, the issue begins with his outstanding study of the inscriptions and illustrations from the 1937 issue of postage stamps from the Italian Kingdom celebrating the bimillenary of the birth of the Emperor Augustus.
- Archaeologists attribute the ruin to a flourishing prehistoric kingdom.
- The frontier ran roughly north-westwards from London into the north-west midlands; Guthrum was to withdraw with his troops behind this line, where he was to be recognized as king of an independent kingdom.