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kindom

/ˈkɪndəm/

kindom noun: synonym of kingdom.

Noun (1)

kindom (plural kindoms)

  1. (Yorkshire, obsolete) Synonym of kingdom.
    • […] for tea brews and surkelates moar mischeef amang t'nabaz, then all't ale thear iz it kindom put tagether […]1839, Tom Treddlehoyle [pseudonym: Charles Rogers], Sum Thowts Abaght "Nan Bunt's" Chresmas Tea Party, Bairnsla Feastin', A Owd Maid's Pockit, an Tom Treddlehoyle's Lament, Barnsley, Yorkshire: J....
    • An' Ah thought when Ah eeard em pray, the kindom of ivven had come, / An' the divvel wad hev ti emigrate ti sum pleeace where he'd hev mair rum.1885, William Hall Burnett, “An Awd Man's Confession”, in William Hall Burnett, editor, Broad Yorkshire, being poems and sketches from the writings of Castillo and others, 2nd edition, London...
    Synonyms:
    kingdom

Noun (2)

kindom (plural kindoms)

  1. (neologism) A divinely-instituted egalitarian community.
    • Jesus continued, "What does the kindom [KJV kingdome] of God resemble? To what will I liken it? […]1994, Priests for Equality, The Inclusive New Testament, Altamira Press, →ISBN, Luke 13:18, page 126
    • The assumption will of be that the concretization of God's kindom always involves an oikonomia or household.2002, Michael Crosby, The Prayer that Jesus Taught Us, Orbis Books, →ISBN, page 97

Synonyms of kindom

Forms of kindom

pluralkindoms

Origin of kindom

Inherited from Middle English kinedom, kynedom, from Old English cynedōm (“authority, kingdom”), from cyne- (“royal”) + -dōm (abstract nominal suffix). Compare Scots kinrick.

From kin (“relatives”) + -dom as a more egalitarian or gender-neutral alternative to kingdom.

Questions about kindom

What does kindom mean?
Kindom means synonym of kingdom.
What part of speech is kindom?
Kindom is a noun.
How do you pronounce kindom?
Kindom is pronounced /ˈkɪndəm/.
What is the plural of kindom?
The plural of kindom is kindoms.

Words near kindom in the dictionary

  1. kindness
  2. kindnesse
  3. kindnesses
  4. kindo
  5. kindof
  6. kindom
  7. kindoms
  8. Kindon
  9. Kindons
  10. Kindrativka
  11. kindred

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