ALL meanings of kingdom
king·dom
K k - noun kingdom country 1
- noun kingdom plants, animals 1
- noun kingdom figurative 1
- noun kingdom a state or government having a king or queen as its head. 1
- noun kingdom anything conceived as constituting a realm or sphere of independent action or control: the kingdom of thought. 1
- noun kingdom a realm or province of nature, especially one of the three broad divisions of natural objects: the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms. 1
- noun kingdom Biology. a taxonomic category of the highest rank, grouping together all forms of life having certain fundamental characteristics in common: in the five-kingdom classification scheme adopted by many biologists, separate kingdoms are assigned to animals (Animalia), plants (Plantae), fungi (Fungi), protozoa and eucaryotic algae (Protista), and bacteria and blue-green algae (Monera). 1
- noun kingdom the spiritual sovereignty of God or Christ. 1
- noun kingdom the domain over which the spiritual sovereignty of God or Christ extends, whether in heaven or on earth. 1
- noun kingdom A country, state, or territory ruled by a king or queen. 1
- noun kingdom A realm having a king and/or queen as its actual or nominal sovereign. 0
- noun kingdom A realm, region, or conceptual space where something is dominant. 0
- noun kingdom (taxonomy) 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). 0
- countable noun kingdom A kingdom is a country or region that is ruled by a king or queen. 0
- countable noun kingdom A kingdom is a place or area that is thought to be under the control of a person or organization. 0
- singular noun kingdom All the animals, birds, and insects in the world can be referred to together as the animal kingdom. All the plants can be referred to as the plant kingdom. 0
- noun kingdom a territory, state, people, or community ruled or reigned over by a king or queen 0
- noun kingdom any of the three groups into which natural objects may be divided: the animal, plant, and mineral kingdoms 0
- noun kingdom 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 0
- noun kingdom the eternal sovereignty of God 0
- noun kingdom an area of activity, esp mental activity, considered as being the province of something specified 0
- noun kingdom the position, rank, or power of a king 0
- noun kingdom a government or country headed by a king or queen; monarchy 0
- noun kingdom a realm; domain; sphere 0
- noun kingdom any of the three great divisions into which all natural objects have been classified (the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms) 0
- noun kingdom the spiritual realm of God 0
- noun kingdom a major category in the classification of animals, plants, etc., ranking above a phylum or division: in some systems it ranks below a superkingdom: the Latinized kingdom names are capitalized but not italicized (Ex.: Monera, monerans) 0