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kingdom
[ king-duhm ]
noun
- a state or government having a king or queen as its head.
- anything conceived as constituting a realm or sphere of independent action or control:
the kingdom of thought.
Synonyms: , ,
- a realm or province of nature, especially one of the three broad divisions of natural objects:
the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms.
- Biology. a taxonomic category of the second highest rank, just below domain: in a traditional five-kingdom classification scheme, separate kingdoms are assigned to animals (Animalia), plants (Plantae), fungi (Fungi), protozoa and eukaryotic algae (Protista), and bacteria (Monera).
- the spiritual sovereignty of God or Christ.
- the domain over which the spiritual sovereignty of God or Christ extends, whether in heaven or on earth.
kingdom
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noun
- a territory, state, people, or community ruled or reigned over by a king or queen
- any of the three groups into which natural objects may be divided: the animal, plant, and mineral kingdoms
- biology any of the major categories into which living organisms of the domain Eukarya are classified. Modern systems recognize four kingdoms: Protoctista (algae, protozoans, etc), Fungi , Plantae , and Animalia See also domain
- theol the eternal sovereignty of God
- an area of activity, esp mental activity, considered as being the province of something specified
the kingdom of the mind
kingdom
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- The highest classification into which living organisms are grouped in Linnean taxonomy, ranking above a phylum. One widely accepted system of classification divides life into five kingdoms: prokaryotes, protists, fungi, plants, and animals.
- See Table at taxonomy
kingdom
- In biology , the largest of the divisions of living things. The best-known kingdoms are those of the plants and animals . Modern biologists recognize three additional kingdoms: Monera (or Prokaryotae) (for example, bacteria and blue-green algae ), Protoctista (for example, red algae , slime molds, and amoebas and other protozoa ), and fungi . ( See Linnean classification .)
Derived Forms
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
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Example Sentences
He first visited Lesotho, the landlocked mountain kingdom in southern Africa, when he was 19, in 2004.
The coins would later be revealed to feature the heads of both Alfred the Great, who ruled Wessex, and Ceolwulf II of Mercia, the ancient kingdom covering the area where the coins were found.
An agreement with the kingdom, home to some of Islam’s holiest sites, would grant religious legitimacy absent from other normalization deals.
While Zelensky is also due in the Gulf kingdom to meet Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, he is not expected to play any formal role in the talks with the Americans.
The Ukrainian leader, who will be in the Gulf kingdom but not take part in the talks, said Kyiv was working to reach a "fast and lasting" peace.
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