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kingdom

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noun/ˈkɪŋdəm//ˈkəŋdəm//ˈkɪŋɡdəm/
  1. 1

    A realm having a king or queen as its actual or nominal sovereign.

    • In 1924 the Hashemite King Hussein was driven out of the Hedjaz by Ibn Saud, and a state of war sprang up between the new kingdoms of Saudi Arabia and Trans-Jordan.
    • A few other key remappings occur when you use the United Kingdom country...
  2. 2

    A realm, region, or conceptual space where something is dominant.

    • the kingdom of thought
    • the kingdom of the dead
  3. 3

    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).

    • The Organized and inorganized kingdoms are distinguished from each other by peculiarities of chemical composition, of form and structure, and of actions or functions.
    • It has micobiont from Ascomycota and Basidiomycota belonging to kingdom Fungi and photobiont from Trebouxia species.

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