Kingdom
['kɪŋdəm]
Definition
(noun.) a basic group of natural objects.
(noun.) the highest taxonomic group into which organisms are grouped; one of five biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia.
(noun.) a monarchy with a king or queen as head of state.
(noun.) the domain ruled by a king or queen.
(noun.) a country with a king as head of state.
(noun.) 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'.
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Definition
(n.) The rank, quality, state, or attributes of a king; royal authority; sovereign power; rule; dominion; monarchy.
(n.) 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.
(n.) An extensive scientific division distinguished by leading or ruling characteristics; a principal division; a department; as, the mineral kingdom.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Sovereignty, empire, dominion, supremacy, dynasty, sovereign power, rule, monarchy, supreme power.[2]. Realm, empire, state, nation.[3]. Tract, region.[4]. Division, department.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Empire, realm, dominion, sovereignty, monarchy
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Examples
- What is prudence in the conduct of every private family, can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- They could not believe this hard doctrine of a kingdom of service which was its own exceeding great reward. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There are no privileges, no rebates, and no excuses in the Kingdom of Heaven. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- If right principles ruled through the kingdom, there would be no necessity for me to change its state. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The City of God_ represents the possibility of making the world into a theological and organized Kingdom of Heaven. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The ex-queen gives me Idris; Adrian is totally unfitted to succeed to the earldom, and that earldom in my hands becomes a kingdom. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Jesus had called men and women to a giant undertaking, to the renunciation of self, to the new birth into the kingdom of love. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Augustine, sometimes I think you are not far from the kingdom, said Miss Ophelia, laying down her knitting, and looking anxiously at her cousin. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- His kingdom was the heart of Perdita, his subjects her thoughts; by her he was loved, respected as a superior being, obeyed, waited on. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- She left solitude and silence co-heirs of her kingdom. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- We will now turn for a short space to the lower divisions of the animal kingdom. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Some provinces are exempted from the exclusive sale of tobacco, which the farmers-general enjoy through the greater part of the kingdom. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- My master, finding how profitable I was likely to be, resolved to carry me to the most considerable cities of the kingdom. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- What a gladness to think that whatever humanity did, it could not seize hold of the kingdom of death, to nullify that. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Of all houses in the kingdom Mrs. Bragge's is the one I would most wish to see you in. Jane Austen. Emma.
- We have seen the mineral and vegetable kingdoms rifled and ransacked for substances that would yield the best filament. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- My dear Maurice, believe me, there are still kingdoms to be gained, if he who seeks has the nerve, judgment, and fortune of a born adventurer. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- But this movement affected nations, kingdoms, tongues, and peoples. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I had a very confused knowledge of kingdoms, wide extents of country, mighty rivers, and boundless seas. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- The four daughter republics of France were now to become kingdoms; in 1806 he set up brother Louis in Holland and brother Joseph in Naples. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Others were parts of kingdoms, or even the capitals of dukes or kings. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There was a tradition of election also in the early Frankish and German kingdoms. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Portugal he had already conquered, and the two kingdoms of Spain and Portugal were to be united. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Oh, mitred aspirants for this world's kingdoms! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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