Other Definitions kingdom (enc)
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Kingdom| Noun | 1. | kingdom - a domain in which something is dominant; "the untroubled kingdom of reason"; "a land of make-believe"; "the rise of the realm of cotton in the south"arena, domain, sphere, area, orbit, field - a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit" | | | 2. | kingdom - a country with a king as head of statecountry, land, state - the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries" Israel - an ancient kingdom of the Hebrew tribes at the southeastern end of the Mediterranean Sea; founded by Saul around 1025 BC and destroyed by the Assyrians in 721 BC | | | 3. | kingdom - the domain ruled by a king or queendemesne, domain, land - territory over which rule or control is exercised; "his domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the land" Numidia - an ancient kingdom (later a Roman province) North Africa in an area corresponding roughly to present-day Algeria | | | 4. | kingdom - a monarchy with a king or queen as head of statemonarchy - an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority | | | 5. | kingdom - one of seven biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animaliakingdom Monera, Monera - prokaryotic bacteria and blue-green algae and various primitive pathogens; because of lack of consensus on how to divide the organisms into phyla informal names are used for the major divisions kingdom Protoctista, Protoctista - in most modern classifications, replacement for the Protista; includes: Protozoa; Euglenophyta; Chlorophyta; Cryptophyta; Heterokontophyta; Rhodophyta; unicellular protists and their descendant multicellular organisms: regarded as distinct from plants and animals phylum - (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes | | | 6. | kingdom - a basic group of natural objectsgroup, grouping - any number of entities (members) considered as a unit mineral kingdom - all inorganic objects; contrasts with animal and plant kingdoms | |
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