kingdom
noun
/ˈkɪŋdəm/
1 a country that has a king or queen as head of state (= official leader of the country)
the United Kingdom
the kingdom of God (= heaven)
TOPICS History C1
Collocations
adjective
independent
ancient
medieval
verb + kingdom
rule
inherit
preposition
in a/​the kingdom
throughout a/​the kingdom
kingdom of…
2 ​an area controlled by a particular person or where a particular thing or idea is important
3 ​one of the three traditional divisions of the natural world
the animal, vegetable and mineral kingdoms
4 ​(biology) one of the five major groups into which all living things are organized
Word Origin
Old English cyningdōm ‘kingship’ (see king, -dom).