noun
kingdom
KIHNG-duhm
noun
1
A country or territory ruled by a king or queen.
"The kingdom stretched from the mountains to the sea."
"Tourists flock to visit the ancient ruins of the old kingdom."
2
A conceptual area or field where something is dominant or supreme.
"In the kitchen, he reigns over his kingdom of pots and pans."
3
One of the highest major categories in the classification of living things, above phylum (such as the animal kingdom or plant kingdom).
"Fungi were once grouped with plants but now form their own kingdom."
How to Use Kingdom
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe land ruled by a king or queen, or — more broadly — a domain where something reigns supreme, or one of the top categories in biology.
Common pairings
animal kingdom
plant kingdom
the kingdom of
Word Forms
kingdoms plural
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Etymology
From Old English cyningdom, formed from "king" plus the suffix "-dom," meaning "domain" or "state of."