kingdom

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a basic group of natural objects

   All trees belong to the plant kingdom.

2. 2
   noun

   the second highest taxonomic group into which organisms are grouped, being beneath domain and above phylum

   The kingdom Animalia contains all animal life.

3. 3
   noun

   a monarchy with a king or queen as head of state

   The Kingdom of England persisted for centuries before becoming the Kingdom of Great Britain, then finally the United Kingdom.

4. 4
   noun

   the domain ruled by a king or queen

   The monarchy protected their kingdom with vast armies.

5. 5
   noun

   a domain in which something is dominant

   This island is my kingdom.

6. 6
   noun

   A realm having a king or queen as its actual or nominal sovereign.

   In 1924 the Hashemite King Hussein was driven out of the Hedjaz by Ibn Saud, and a state of war sprang up between the new kingdoms of Saudi Arabia and Trans-Jordan.

7. 7
   noun

   A realm, region, or conceptual space where something is dominant.

   the kingdom of thought

8. 8
   noun

   A rank in the classification of organisms, below domain and above phylum; a taxon at that rank (e.g. the plant kingdom, the animal kingdom).

   The Organized and inorganized kingdoms are distinguished from each other by peculiarities of chemical composition, of form and structure, and of actions or functions.

Etymology

From Middle English kingdom, kyngdom, from Old English cyningdōm from Proto-Germanic *kuningadōmaz, equivalent to king + -dom. Cognate with Scots kingdom, West Frisian keuningdom, Dutch koningdom, German Königtum, Danish kongedømme, Swedish kungadöme, and Icelandic konungdómur. Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic *kunją Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-Germanic *kuningaz Proto-Indo-European *dʰ…