kingdom
noun
[ ˈkɪŋdəm ]
• a country, state, or territory ruled by a king or queen.
• "the Kingdom of the Netherlands"
Similar:
realm,
domain,
dominion,
country,
land,
nation,
state,
sovereign state,
province,
territory,
empire,
principality,
palatinate,
duchy,
• the spiritual reign or authority of God.
• each of the three traditional divisions (animal, vegetable, and mineral) in which natural objects have conventionally been classified.
Similar:
division,
category,
classification,
grouping,
group,
class,
family,
genus,
kind,
order,
branch,
Origin:
Old English cyningdōm ‘kingship’ (see king, -dom).
