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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary king·dom DATE before 12th century 1. archaic : kingship 2. a politically organized community or major territorial unit having a monarchical form of government headed by a king or queen 3. often capitalized a. the eternal kingship of God b. the realm in which God's will is fulfilled 4. a. a realm or region in which something is dominant b. an area or sphere in which one holds a preeminent position 5. a. one of the three primary divisions into which natural objects are commonly classified — compare animal kingdom, mineral kingdom, plant kingdom b. a major category (as Plantae or Protista) in biological taxonomy that ranks above the phylum and below the domain Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 kingdom king·dom / 5kiNdEm / noun1. a country ruled by a king or queen 王国: the United Kingdom 联合王国 the kingdom of God (= heaven) 天国 2. an area controlled by a particular person or where a particular thing or idea is important 管辖范围；领域 3. one of the three traditional divisions of the natural world 自然三界之一: the animal, vegetable and mineral kingdoms 动物界、植物界及矿物界 4. (biology 生) one of the five major groups into which all living things are organized 界(生物的五大类别之一) IDIOMS ▪ blow sb / sth to kingdom 'come (informal) to completely destroy sb / sth with an explosion 送…上西天；彻底炸毁 ▪ till / until kingdom 'come (old-fashioned) for ever 永远；永久 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English kingdom noun ADJ. independent VERB + KINGDOM rule PREP. in a/the ~ It was one of the richest towns in the kingdom. | throughout a/the ~ changes that were taking place throughout the kingdom | ~ of He ruled the ancient kingdom of Kaffa. Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: kingdom come , or kingdom hall , or mineral kingdom , or plant kingdom , or united kingdom , or vegetable kingdom , or animal kingdom king·dom \ˈkiŋdəm\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English cyningdōm, from cyning king + -dōm -dom — more at king 1. obsolete : kingship 2. : a major territorial unit subject to a monarchical form of government usually headed by a king or queen : the realm of a king < inclusion of additional provinces in the Italian kingdom > < when plantations were like small kingdoms — William Beebe > < travels through the kingdoms of Europe > — compare empire 1a, principality 3. : a politically organized community (as a nation or state) having a monarchical form of government usually headed by a king < the new Christian kingdoms found themselves at war with the Barbary — C.S.Forester > < decreed Spain a kingdom (without a king) — S.G.Rich > 4. often capitalized a. : the eternal kingship or sovereignty of God < Jesus, to whom the authority of the kingdom is delegated, heals sickness — R.H.Strachan > b. : the spiritual realm over which God reigns as king : heaven < all I now have is what my Father is keeping … for us in His kingdom — Voice of Prophecy News > c. : the fulfillment on earth of God's will especially in complete perfection < the time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand — Mk 1:14 (Revised Standard Version) > d. : the invisible society of human beings in which God is held to be obeyed < members of the kingdom were to strive to be examples of the life which God deemed ideal for men — K.S.Latourette > 5. : a realm or region in which something is dominant < the rise of a kingdom of wheat in the Old Northwest — W.O.Lynch > < in the untroubled kingdom of reason — Bertrand Russell > < a cattle kingdom > 6. : one of the three primary divisions into which natural objects are commonly classified — see animal kingdom, mineral kingdom, plant kingdom 7. : an area or sphere in which one exercises authority like a king < his gambling kingdom — Dean Jennings > < busy … increasing the size and ornamentations of our personal kingdoms — Saturday Review > 8. : a hostel for men or for women that provides living quarters at low cost to members of a religious movement among Negroes in the United States known as Father Divine's Peace Mission Movement < with Father Divine … at a meeting in one of his kingdoms — M.L.Bach > |
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