Kingdom

King′dom

,

Noun.

[AS.

cyningdōm

. See 2d

King

, and

-dom

.]

1.

The rank, quality, state, or attributes of a king; royal authority; sovereign power; rule; dominion; monarchy.

Thy

kingdom

is an everlasting

kingdom

.

Ps. cxiv. 13.

When Jehoram was risen up to the

kingdom

of his father, he strengthened himself.

2 Chron. xxi. 4.

2.

The territory or country subject to a king or queen; the dominion of a monarch; the sphere in which one is king or has control.

Unto the

kingdom

of perpetual night.

Shakespeare

You’re welcome,
Most learned reverend sir, into our

kingdom

.

Shakespeare

Syn. – Realm; empire; dominion; monarchy; sovereignty; domain.

Kingdom

KING'DOM

,

Noun.

[king and dom, jurisdiction.]

1.

The territory or country subject to a king; an undivided territory under the dominion of a king or monarch. The foreign possessions of a king are not usually included in the term kingdom. Thus we speak of the kingdom of England, of France or of Spain, without including the East or West Indies.

2.

The inhabitants or population subject to a king. The whole kingdom was alarmed.

3.

In natural history, a division; as the animal, vegetable and mineral kingdoms.

4.

A region; a tract; the place where any thing prevails and holds sway; as the watery kingdom.

5.

In Scripture, the government or universal dominion of God. 1 Chron.29. Ps.145.

6.

The power of supreme administration. 1 Sam.18.

7.

A princely nation or state.

Ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests. Ex.19.

8.

Heaven. Matt.26.

9.

State of glory in heaven. Matt.5.

10. The reign of the Messiah. Matt.3.

11. Government; rule; supreme administration.

kingdom

English

Noun

kingdom ‎(plural kingdoms)

A realm having a king and/or queen as its actual or nominal sovereign.
A realm, region, or conceptual space where something is dominant.
the kingdom of thought, the kingdom of the dead
(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).

Translations

nation having as supreme ruler a king and/or queen

Acehnese: keurajeuën
Afrikaans: koninkryk
Albanian: mbretëri (sq) f
Arabic: مَمْلَكَة f ‎(mamlaka)
Aramaic:

Syriac: ܡܠܟܘܬܐ f ‎(malkūtā’)

Hebrew: מלכותא f ‎(malkūtā’)
Armenian: թագավորություն (hy) ‎(tʿagavorutʿyun), արքայություն ‎(arkʿayutʿyun)
Aromanian: vãsilii f, amirãrilji f, duvleti f, crat n
Asturian: reinu m
Azeri: krallıq (az)
Basque: erreinu
Bavarian: kinereich
Belarusian: карале́ўства n ‎(karaljéŭstva), ца́рства n ‎(cárstva)
Bengali: রাজ্য ‎(rajyô)
Berber:
Tashelhit: tagldit f
Breton: rouantelezh (br) f
Bulgarian: кра́лство n ‎(králstvo)
Burmese: နိုင်ငံတော်သည် ‎(nuingngamtausany)
Catalan: regne m
Chinese:

Cantonese: 王國, 王国 ‎(wong⁴ gwok³)

Mandarin: 王國 (zh), 王国 (zh) ‎(wángguó), 君主國 (zh), 君主国 (zh) ‎(jūnzhǔguó)

Min Nan: 王國 (zh-min-nan), 王国 ‎(ông-kok)
Czech: království (cs) n
Dalmatian: raigno m
Danish: kongerige (da) n, kongedømme n
Dutch: koninkrijk (nl) n
Esperanto: reĝlando
Estonian: kuningriik (et)
Faroese: kongsríki n
Finnish: kuningaskunta (fi)
French: royaume (fr) m
Friulian: ream m
Georgian: სამეფო ‎(samepo)
German: Königreich (de) n
Greek: βασίλειο (el) n ‎(vasíleio), βασιλεία (el) f ‎(vasileía)
Hebrew: מַמְלָכָה f ‎(mamlakhá)
Hindi: राज्य (hi) m ‎(rājya)
Hungarian: királyság (hu)
Icelandic: konungsríki n, konungsdæmi n, konungsveldi n
Ido: rejio (io)
Indonesian: kerajaan (id)
Irish: ríocht f
Italian: regno (it) m, reame (it) m
Japanese: 王国 (ja) ‎(おうこく, ōkoku)
Kannada: ರಾಜ್ಯ (kn) ‎(rājya)
Kazakh: корольдік ‎(korolʹdik)
Khmer: ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រ ‎(preah riechie naa chak)
Korean: 왕국 (ko) ‎(wangguk) (王國 (ko))
Kurdish:
Sorani: مه‌مله‌که‌ت (ku)

Kyrgyz: королевство ‎(korolevstvo), падышалык ‎(padışalık)
Lao: ພະຣາຊອານາຈັກ ‎(pha rāt 'ā nā chak), ອານາຈັກ ‎('ā nā chak)
Latgalian: kieneste f
Latin: rēgnum (la) n
Latvian: karaliste f, valstība f, valstība f
Lithuanian: karalystė (lt) f
Luxembourgish:
Macedonian: кра́лство n ‎(králstvo)
Malay: kerajaan (ms), kedatuan, mamlakat
Maltese: renju
Middle French: royaulme m
Mongolian: вант улс ‎(vant uls)
Norman: rouoyaume m (Jersey), reyoume m (continental Normandy), rouoyanme m (Guernsey), royaûme m (Guernsey)
Northern Sami: gonagasriika
Norwegian: kongerike (no) n, kongedømme (no) n, kongeriket
Occitan: reialme (oc) m
Old French: reaume m
Old Saxon: kuningdom
Persian: پادشاهی (fa) ‎(pâdešâhi)
Polabian: ťenądztwü n
Polish: królestwo (pl) n
Portuguese: reino (pt) m
Romanian: regat (ro) n
Romansch: reginavel m, reginam m, raginam m, reginom m
Russian: короле́вство (ru) n ‎(korolévstvo), ца́рство (ru) n ‎(cárstvo) (tsardom)
Sardinian: regnu, aregnu, rennu
Scots: kinrick
Scottish Gaelic: rìoghachd f
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: краљевство n, краљевина f

Roman: kraljevstvo (sh) n, kraljevina (sh) f
Sinhalese: රාජ්යය ‎(rājyaya)
Slovak: kráľovstvo n
Slovene: kraljevina (sl) f, kraljestvo (sl) n
Spanish: reino (es) m
Swahili: ufalme
Swedish: kungarike (sv) n, konungarike (sv) n, kungadöme (sv) n, konungadöme n
Tagalog: kaharian
Tajik: подшоҳӣ ‎(podšohī), подишоҳӣ ‎(podišohī)
Tamil: இராஜ்யம் (ta) ‎(irājyam), அரசு (ta) ‎(aracu)
Tatar: патшалык (tt) ‎(patşalıq)
Telugu: సామ్రాజ్యము (te) ‎(sāmrājyamu), రాజ్యము (te) ‎(rājyamu)
Thai: อาณาจักร (th) ‎(aanaa jàk)
Turkish: krallık (tr)
Turkmen: şalyk, patyşalyk
Ukrainian: королі́вство (uk) n ‎(korolívstvo), ца́рство (uk) n ‎(cárstvo)
Urdu: بادشاہی f ‎(bādaśāhī)
Uzbek: qirollik (uz), podsholik (uz), podshohlik (uz)
Vietnamese: vương quốc (vi) (王國)
Welsh: teyrnas (cy) f
West Frisian: keninkryk

taxonomic division, below Domain and above Phylum

Afrikaans: koninkryk
Armenian: թագավորություն (hy) ‎(tʿagavorutʿyun)
Asturian: reinu m
Basque: erreinu
Bavarian: kinereich
Bulgarian: ца́рство (bg) n ‎(cárstvo)
Catalan: regne m
Chinese:

Cantonese: 界 ‎(gaai³)

Mandarin: 界 (zh) ‎(jiè)

Min Nan: 界 ‎(kài)
Czech: říše (cs) f
Danish: rige n
Dutch: rijk (nl) n, plantenrijk n, dierenrijk n
Estonian: riik (et)
Finnish: kunta (fi)
French: règne (fr) m
Georgian: სამეფო ‎(samepo)
German: Reich (de) n
Greek: βασίλειο (el) n ‎(vasíleio)
Hebrew: ממלכה f ‎(mamlakha)
Hungarian: -világ (hu)
Italian: regno (it) m
Japanese: 界 (ja) ‎(かい, kai)

Khmer: រជ្ជៈ (km) ‎(raj jak)
Korean: 계 (ko) ‎(gye)
Latin: rēgnum (la) n
Latvian: valsts (lv) f
Lithuanian: karalystė (lt) f
Macedonian: ца́рство n ‎(cárstvo)
Malay: alam (ms)
Polish: królestwo (pl) n
Portuguese: reino (pt) m
Romanian: regn (ro) n
Russian: ца́рство (ru) n ‎(cárstvo), мир (ru) m ‎(mir)
Scottish Gaelic: rìoghachd f
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: царство n

Roman: carstvo (sh) n
Slovak: ríša f
Slovene: kraljestvo (sl) n
Swedish: rike (sv) n
Tagalog: anyuhay
Telugu: రాజ్యము (te) ‎(rājyamu)
Turkish: alem (tr)
Ukrainian: ца́рство (uk) n ‎(cárstvo), світ (uk) m ‎(svit)
Vietnamese: giới (vi)

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