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king·dom Listen to audio/ˈkɪŋdəm/ noun
plural king·doms
1 [count] : a country whose ruler is a king or queen
After Queen Mary I died, her half sister Elizabeth ruled the kingdom. the Kingdom of Jordanoften used figuratively He was one of the most successful planters in the cotton kingdom. The office is his own private kingdom.
2 [noncount] : the spiritual world of which God is king
the kingdom of God/heaven
3 [count] : one of the three main divisions into which natural objects are classified
the animal/mineral/plant kingdom
to kingdom come
informal : to a state of complete destruction
He took out his shotgun and threatened to blast/blow them all to kingdom come.

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