- 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)
Extra ExamplesTopics Historyc1- He ruled the ancient kingdom of Kaffa.
- It was one of the richest towns in the kingdom.
- changes that were taking place throughout the kingdom
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- independent
- ancient
- medieval
- …
- rule
- inherit
- in a/the kingdom
- throughout a/the kingdom
- kingdom of
- …
- an area controlled by a particular person or where a particular thing or idea is important
- one of the three traditional divisions of the natural world
- the animal, vegetable and mineral kingdoms
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- independent
- ancient
- medieval
- …
- rule
- inherit
- in a/the kingdom
- throughout a/the kingdom
- kingdom of
- …
- (biology) one of the five major groups into which all living things are organized
Word OriginOld English cyningdōm ‘kingship’ (see king, -dom).
Idioms
See kingdom in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee kingdom in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishblow somebody/something to kingdom come
- (informal) to completely destroy somebody/something with an explosion
- The truck was blown to kingdom come.
till/until kingdom come
- (old-fashioned) forever
- He’ll talk till kingdom come if you let him.
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