Kingdom (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. a state or government having a king or queen as its head.
  2. anything conceived as constituting a realm or sphere of independent action or control: the kingdom of thought.
  3. a realm or province of nature, especially one of the three broad divisions of natural objects: the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms.
  4. 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).
  5. the spiritual sovereignty of God or Christ.
  6. the domain over which the spiritual sovereignty of God or Christ extends, whether in heaven or on earth.
noun
  1. a territory, state, people, or community ruled or reigned over by a king or queen
  2. any of the three groups into which natural objects may be divided: the animal, plant, and mineral kingdoms
  3. 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
  4. the eternal sovereignty of God
  5. an area of activity, esp mental activity, considered as being the province of something specified
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