Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - kingdom
Kingdom
kingdom
n. 1 an organized community headed by a king. 2 the territory subject to a king. 3 a the spiritual reign attributed to God (Thy kingdom come). b the sphere of this (kingdom of heaven). 4 a domain belonging to a person, animal, etc. 5 a province of nature (the vegetable kingdom). 6 a specified mental or emotional province (kingdom of the heart; kingdom of fantasy). 7 Biol. the highest category in taxonomic classification. Phrases and idioms come into (or to) one's kingdom achieve recognition or supremacy. kingdom come sl. eternity; the next world. till kingdom come sl. for ever. Derivatives kingdomed adj. Etymology: OE cyningdom (as KING)
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noun Date: before 12th century kingship, a politically organized community or major territorial unit having a monarchical form of government headed by a king or queen, 3. often capitalized the eternal kingship of God, the realm in which God's will is fulfilled, 4. a realm or region in which something is dominant, an area or sphere in which one holds a preeminent position, 5. one of the three primary divisions into which natural objects are commonly classified, a major category (as Plantae or Protista) in biological taxonomy that ranks above the phylum and below the domain ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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